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