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