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