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