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
Ismael Pineda
percussionist
Stephanie Serrano
poet / Director "Seeds of Peace"
Iona Morris
filmmaker/television and theater director
Bhavna Mehta
artist
Anita Sugimura
Gizzy Bear Productions / director of Battlefield: Home
Melina Paris
writer at Random Lengths / podcaster
Jenny Kane
arts connection, san bernadino
Diana L. Sanchez
artist
Erin Yoshi
painter
David Davis
author of Wheels of Courage
Madi Parsley
editor of Drifter
Soraya Young-Pen
chalk artist
Jeremiah Joe Ocanas
Lone Stars Entertainment
Marcus Omari
Poetic Reform Party
Aideed Medina
poet
Jeff Hobbs
Author of Children of the State: Stories of Survial and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System
Joyce Logan
Gospel International
Roy Williams Jr.
filmmaker / actor
Chinwe Oniah
filmmaker
Tawnee Lynn
French horn / Tawnee Lynn Music Services
Joey Castanon
Sign spinner
Allison Moore Adams
painter
Lydia Theron Ware
poet, editor of Cartless
Adam Manley
furniture designer
Gustavo Arellano
author/podcaster/LA Times columnist
Ruth Nolan
Poet
Tony Lepre
guitarist in Attack of the Rising
Janet Gonzalez
owner of Innovative Auto / poet
Hanna Kight Witham
Writer
Tyrone Stokes
Dope Spot Studios / Pomona
Sati Kaur
filmmaker
Lee Herrick
Calfornia state poet laureate
Jennalyn Alonzo
musician
Samira Barragan
filmmaker
Mike Scully
musician/band leader
Tama Brisbane
Stockton poet laureate
Glynis Phillips
poet
Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana
muralist/filmmaker
Karina Nistal
singer/songwriter
David Blumenkrantz
photographer
Astrid
poet / author of Through the Soil in My Skin
Cati Porter
poet
Lou Matthews
author of Shaky Town
Alejandro Cohen
Director of DubLab
Juanita Mantz
writer, podcaster, public defender
Brooks Wachtel
TV writer / novelist
Mike Sonksen (aka Mike the Poet)
author of Letters To My City
Harvey Estrada
bassist / music professor at Compton College
Anthony Parker
poet
Meetra Johansen
Founder of Huma House
Scarlett Brais
lead singer, Scarlett and the Fever
Miri Hunter
Thought Theater
Katie Ruiz
artist
Rusty
singer
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin
photographer
Alessandra Moctezuma
Mesa College Gallery director / muralist
Cindy Romero
painter/poet
Julian Torres
mariachi singer
Andru Defeye
poet laureate of Sacramento
Jim Daichendt
co-curator, Street Legacy: SoCal Style Masters
Cassandra Lane
author of We Are Bridges / Editor in Chief of LA Parent
Janelle Brown
author of I'll Be You
Joshua Silverstein
poet/actor/beatboxer
Agente
hip hop artist
Genevieve Anderson
filmmaker
Alixen Pham
Poet
Jill Carol
wrestling photographer
James Tyner
Fresno's first poet laureate
Wendy Maruyama
Artist and Furniture Designer
Robyn McNair
Boca de Oro Festival
Carla Vega
poet/singer/writer/actor
Claire Hannah Collins
director of Hollywood's Finest
Christina Ham
playwright (Nina Simone: Four Women)
Aaron Estrada
artist (3B crew)
Kimberly Duran
painter
Jules Muck
graffiti artist
Margaret Aichele
dA Gallery Director
Jessica Gallion
poet
Milagro Jones
poet/musician
Erniesto Cisneros
author of Efren Divided
Stacey Fayant
traditional indigenous tattoo artist
Kevin Jones
singer
Kim Estes
actor
Joselyn and Don
singer-songwriter duo
Tom Proctor
actor/musician
Audrey Castellon
poet
Alon Goldsmith
photographer
Pocha Pena
Media Arts Santa Ana
Bumdog Torres
street photographer
Randal Fisher
jazz saxophonist
Oscar Martinez
artist
Stephen Snavely
director of Think Lovely Thoughts
Robin Lee Riddell
pottery artist, gallery owner
Joshua Collins
singer/songwriter / street preacher and homeless advocate in Orange County
Yago Cura
co-author of Library Stories
Theo Henderson
We The Unhoused podcast
Matt Sedillo
poet
Kemal Cilengir
StreetwiseLA photographer
Mark Pico
singer/songwriter
Kate Maruyama
author of Family Solstice
Iris DeAnda
poet
Thrasher
Author of Head Bangin' Radio
Black and Brown Movement
hip-hop crew
Deborah Aschheim
artist
Laura Warrell
author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Dona Junta
Beyond the Facade podcast
Amilia K. Spicer
singer/songwriter
Nyarae Francis
poet
L.A. N8v
hip-hop artist
Carvell Holloway
jazz trumpeter / head of music education at Dominguez High School in Compton
Greg Bresnitz
host of food/music podcast
Denise Sandoval
organizer of low rider events
Caesar K Avelar
poet laureate of Pomona
April Jones
filmmaker
Ant Black
professor at San Bernadino Valley College / poet
Susan Hayden
author of Now You Are a Missing Person
Joaquin Jimenez
hip-hop artist/studio and record label owner
Neil Shigley
artist
Elynar Moreno
Professor of Sociology / Southwest College
Riston Diggs
rapper
Raul Pacheco
guitarist, Ozomotli
Melissa Ritz
Served podcast / Performer
Jessica Kim
Poet
Rebecca Contreras
artist
Max Presneill
Artist/Curator at Torrance Art Museum
Key Kool
hip-hop artist with the Visionaries
Besskepp
Founder of A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Sara Harris
Poet
Naibe Reynoso
author of How To Fold A Taco
Virginia Bulacio
poet/photographer
Tina Orduno Calderon
singer/poet
Chuck Nunley IV
hip hop artist/filmmaker/broadcaster
Jhoanna Belfer
Bel Canto Books in Long Beach
Andrew McLees
photographer / FrozenWaste.land.com
Marlene Nancy Lopez
artist
Jamal Hill
Swim Up Hill / champion Paralympic swimmer
Gill Sotu
san diego writers festival poet-in-residence
Oleg Kagan
Co-author of Library Stories
Bintu Sol
singer/songwriter
Sammy Quetzalli
poet
Mike Liorti
musician/podcaster
Anna Simone Scott
filmmaker / director of Take My Heart
Luis Rodriguez
poet/author
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
writer
Christian Lozada
poet
Jimmy Recinos
poet/podcaster
Jason Luckett
singer/songwriter
Abel Salas
Publisher of Brooklyn & Boyle / poet
Jesenia Chavez
poet
Chris Siders
poet / Sand and Sea Productions
Joshua Woolen
poet/filmmaker
Peppur Chambers
writer/producer/educator
Ra Avis
writer
Tanya Ko Hong
poet
Lee Ballinger
author of Love and War: My First Thirty Years of Writing
Jonah Elijah
muralist
Nadia Hunter Bey
poet
Thelma Reyes
author of Dearest Papa and When The Virus Came Calling
True to the Universe
Social justice oriented classic rock band
Peter J. Harris
writer
Lynne Thompson
Los Angeles poet laureate
Vincent Cooper
poet
Janna Ireland
author of Regarding Paul R. Williams
Mary Scholz
singer/songwriter
The Last Letter
writer/podcaster
Iz Gutierrez
director of They Call Us Sediciosos
Kevin Sandbloom
singer/songwriter
Fabian Debora
artist/executive director, Homeboy Art Academy
Alexis Rhone Fancher
poet
Alkaid Ramirez
photographer
Propaganda
poet
Dale Maharidge
author of Fucked at Birth: Recalibrating the American Dream for the 2020s
Pedro Kos
director of Lead Me Home
Briana Munoz
poet/writer/Aztec dancer
Crystal Salas
Poet
Shane Alexander
singer/songwriter
Brian Cross (aka BPlus)
author of It's Not About a Salary and Ghost Notes
Erika Akire Cohn
director of What You'll Remember
Charles
poet
Molly Trochez
artist
Hiram Sims
Sims Library of Poetry
Tamara Blue
A Mic and Dim Lights / poet
Cathy Segal-Garcia
singer/producer
Nancy Woo
Surprise the Line / poet
Janet Owen Driggs
Director/curator Cypress College Art Gallery
April Banks
Artist
Andrew Thompson
The Little Gallery (San Bernadino)
Eric Nusbaum
author of Stealing Home
Tricia Lopez
Poet/Podcaster
3sixo
hip-hop artist
Madeliene Spencer
Boca de Oro Festival
Emile Poree
guitarist/singer
David A. Romero
poet
Oscar Magallanes
artist (3B crew)
Hannah Sward
Author of Strip: A Memoir
Ivan Salinas
poet
Sean Hill
poet
Rizz Javier
photographer
Dani Dodge
artist
Miles Henry
actor/singer
Ernie Perez
lead singer of the Boxing Gandhis and founder of Rock A Mole Productions
Nic Reiner
Poet
Carla Silveira Hernandez
Musical artist
Jon Bruschke
writer/producer of Change the Game
Rahman Jamaal
Executive Director of Hip-Hop Congress
Sal Rosales
rapper
Scatterbrain
hip-hop artist
Jonathan Celiz
musician
Rita Dunn
poet / artist / author
Tongo Eisen-Martin
poet laureate of San Francisco
Amos Adelone
musician
Grant White
filmmaker
Michael Schilf
director of Tears of the Field
Luis Antonio Pichardo
DSTL Arts
Chris Pierce
singer/songwriter
Angelina Saenz
La Palabra / poet
Brenda Vaca
poet
Eye Matter
arts program
Taylor Chapin
Murals of La Jolla
Annie Buckley
Executive Director, Prison Arts Collective
Shaunte Palmer
The Harmony Project / trombonist
Nickie Black
filmmaker
WillFlo (William Flores)
Director South Central Arts
Mayela Rodriguez
arts program manager, Blue Sky Center
Alfredo Diaz
artist (3B crew)
Joe Hernandez-Kolski
actor/poet/comedian
Jenni Alpert aka Cami & her birth father Don
singer/songwriter
Shana Nys Dambrot
Arts Editor LA Weekly
Esteban Escobedo
rodeo trick roper
Yenny Bernal
artist
Rachel AO
Singer
Steph Cha
author
Tori Eldridge
author of Dance Among the Flames
Ryane Nicole Granados
writer
Nikolai Garcia
poet
Black Rose
founder of Zoom Black Magic Radio the world's first pirate radio station
Armond Kinnard
poet/storyteller
Hayk Makhmuryan
art worker and community organizer with doodleswithoutborders.com
Morgan Miller
artist/printmaker
Lisbeth Coiman
poet
Sijia Chen
artist
Katisse Buckingham
jazz saxophone/flute; soundtrack composer
Megan Greenough
singer
Evelyn McDonnell
writer
Erica Torres
musician
Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara
singer/writer/poet/star of Emmy-nominated film Con Safos
Bryan Medina
former Fresno poet laureate
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)
