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