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