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