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