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