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