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