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