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