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