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