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