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