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