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