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