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