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