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