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