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