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