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 280 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
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
Peter J. Harris
writer
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
David A. Romero
poet
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Nyarae Francis
poet
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Brenda Vaca
poet
Nic Reiner
Poet
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Jessica Gallion
poet
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Propaganda
poet
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Iris DeAnda
poet
Ra Avis
writer
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Eye Matter
arts program
Anthony Parker
poet
Cati Porter
poet
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Nickie Black
filmmaker
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Aideed Medina
poet
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Kevin Jones
singer
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Matt Sedillo
poet
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
April Banks
Artist
Kimberly Duran
painter
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Glynis Phillips
poet
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Neil Shigley
artist
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Megan Greenough
singer
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Sara Harris
Poet
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Sean Hill
poet
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Katie Ruiz
artist
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Grant White
filmmaker
Molly Trochez
artist
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Yenny Bernal
artist
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Rusty
singer
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Rachel AO
Singer
Erin Yoshi
painter
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Dani Dodge
artist
Kim Estes
actor
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Ivan Salinas
poet
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Alixen Pham
Poet
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Christian Lozada
poet
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Sal Rosales
rapper
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Rizz Javier
photographer
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
Amos Adelone
musician
Oscar Martinez
artist
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Sijia Chen
artist
Crystal Salas
Poet
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Erica Torres
musician
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Steph Cha
author
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Audrey Castellon
poet
Asia Yu
Director, No Easy Props
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Jonathan Celiz
musician
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Charles
poet
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Jessica Kim
Poet
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Rebecca Contreras
artist
April Jones
filmmaker
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Riston Diggs
rapper
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Agente
hip hop artist
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Vincent Cooper
poet
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
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)
