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