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