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