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