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