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