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