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