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