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