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