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