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