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