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