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