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