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