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