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