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