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