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