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