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