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