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