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