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