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