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