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