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