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