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