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