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