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