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