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