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