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