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