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