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