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