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