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