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