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