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