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