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