Sign Our Artists' Statement: Take the people without homes and put them in the homes without people.
Learn more about the statement and add your name to those of 282 signators from 88 cities. ... see all signers
End homelessness, don't manage it. Here's how.
1. Stop talking about shelters as housing
2. Overcome the poverty pimps by bringing the voices of the unhoused to the front...Read the 14 steps to end homelessness
We have had 248 artists appear on our Zoom shows
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Kimberly Duran
painter
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Erin Yoshi
painter
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Katie Ruiz
artist
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Dani Dodge
artist
Molly Trochez
artist
Cati Porter
poet
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
April Banks
Artist
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
April Jones
filmmaker
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Matt Sedillo
poet
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Rusty
singer
Ra Avis
writer
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Charles
poet
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Agente
hip hop artist
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Propaganda
poet
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Alixen Pham
Poet
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Steph Cha
author
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Audrey Castellon
poet
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Rizz Javier
photographer
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Rachel AO
Singer
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Crystal Salas
Poet
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Nyarae Francis
poet
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Peter J. Harris
writer
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Sijia Chen
artist
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Sara Harris
Poet
Kevin Jones
singer
Jessica Kim
Poet
Sean Hill
poet
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Brenda Vaca
poet
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Megan Greenough
singer
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Neil Shigley
artist
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Grant White
filmmaker
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Glynis Phillips
poet
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Nic Reiner
Poet
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Amos Adelone
musician
Yenny Bernal
artist
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Jessica Gallion
poet
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Christian Lozada
poet
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Erica Torres
musician
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Aideed Medina
poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Eye Matter
arts program
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Oscar Martinez
artist
Ivan Salinas
poet
Sal Rosales
rapper
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
David A. Romero
poet
Kim Estes
actor
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Anthony Parker
poet
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Riston Diggs
rapper
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Vincent Cooper
poet
Artists United to End Homelessness is a trailblazer blazing a path of interconnection and lessons of humanity! -- Sean Hill (Actor/Poet/Speaker from Los Angeles)
