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