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