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