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