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