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