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