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