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