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