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 281 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
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Sijia Chen
artist
Crystal Salas
Poet
Audrey Castellon
poet
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Kevin Jones
singer
Iris DeAnda
poet
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Jessica Kim
Poet
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Megan Greenough
singer
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Glynis Phillips
poet
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Yenny Bernal
artist
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Rusty
singer
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Katie Ruiz
artist
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Christian Lozada
poet
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Nyarae Francis
poet
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Sean Hill
poet
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Jessica Gallion
poet
Sal Rosales
rapper
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Oscar Martinez
artist
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Propaganda
poet
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
David A. Romero
poet
Brenda Vaca
poet
Agente
hip hop artist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Rachel AO
Singer
Cati Porter
poet
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Riston Diggs
rapper
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Peter J. Harris
writer
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
April Banks
Artist
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Aideed Medina
poet
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Anthony Parker
poet
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Ra Avis
writer
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
April Jones
filmmaker
Amos Adelone
musician
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Nic Reiner
Poet
Eye Matter
arts program
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Matt Sedillo
poet
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Molly Trochez
artist
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Erica Torres
musician
Sara Harris
Poet
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Vincent Cooper
poet
Kimberly Duran
painter
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Neil Shigley
artist
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Erin Yoshi
painter
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Rizz Javier
photographer
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Charles
poet
Steph Cha
author
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Dani Dodge
artist
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Grant White
filmmaker
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Kim Estes
actor
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Ivan Salinas
poet
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Alixen Pham
Poet
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
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)
