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