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