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