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