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