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