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