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