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