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