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