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