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