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