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