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