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