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