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