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