Maddy Clifford

Maddy Clifford

KQED Contributor

Maddy Clifford is an Oakland-based writer, artist, and activist. She has a notable career highlighted by her eight-year tenure as a Poet in Residence at the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center. Following this, Maddy released a solo album titled "downCHANTS" and composed a forty-minute musical score for the aerial dance piece "Apparatus of Repair" in collaboration with Flyaway Productions. Her latest project is a video-podcast called "What’s Pimpin’?" produced with KQED Arts. Maddy's written contributions can be found in Prism Reports, Truthout and 48hills.

By Maddy Clifford

Watch: ‘What’s Pimpin’?’ Tells Survivor Stories from Bay Area Pimp Culture

Watch: 'What's Pimpin'?' Dives Into Masculinity, Dating with Dregs One, Ian Kelly

Watch: ‘What’s Pimpin’?’ Takes on Misogynoir in Bay Area Hip-Hop

It’s Time to Unpack Pimp Culture in Bay Area Hip-Hop

With ‘Labor,’ RyanNicole Uplifts Black Women’s Invisible Work

What’s On Your Ballot?: Inkza Angeles Bautista, Climate Activist

Blk Girls Green House Cultivates a Plant Sanctuary in West Oakland

Where Is the Empathy for Black Women When They’re Victims of Violence?

Why We Must Center Healing in the Movement for Black Lives

Breaking Free from Toxic Love: MADlines' Story

Player sponsored by