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