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