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