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