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