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