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