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