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