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