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