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