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