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