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 281 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
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Iris DeAnda
poet
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Jonathan Celiz
musician
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Erin Yoshi
painter
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Vincent Cooper
poet
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Dani Dodge
artist
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Megan Greenough
singer
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Nic Reiner
Poet
Sara Harris
Poet
Crystal Salas
Poet
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Molly Trochez
artist
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Cati Porter
poet
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Eye Matter
arts program
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Grant White
filmmaker
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Ra Avis
writer
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Sal Rosales
rapper
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Christian Lozada
poet
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Kevin Jones
singer
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Yenny Bernal
artist
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Nyarae Francis
poet
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Brenda Vaca
poet
Aideed Medina
poet
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Audrey Castellon
poet
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Anthony Parker
poet
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Charles
poet
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Propaganda
poet
Neil Shigley
artist
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Oscar Martinez
artist
Erica Torres
musician
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Alixen Pham
Poet
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Amos Adelone
musician
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Katie Ruiz
artist
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Sean Hill
poet
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Kim Estes
actor
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
David A. Romero
poet
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Ivan Salinas
poet
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Agente
hip hop artist
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Sijia Chen
artist
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Matt Sedillo
poet
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Kimberly Duran
painter
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Steph Cha
author
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Rizz Javier
photographer
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Riston Diggs
rapper
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
April Jones
filmmaker
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Jessica Kim
Poet
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
April Banks
Artist
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Rusty
singer
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Jessica Gallion
poet
Peter J. Harris
writer
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Rachel AO
Singer
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Glynis Phillips
poet
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
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)
