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