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