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