Matt Kelley

Matt Kelley (born 1978) is a mixed-race Korean American writer, public speaker and consultant born in Spokane, Washington and living in Seoul, South Korea.

He is the co-editor of the Multiracial Child Resource Book: Living Complex Identities (2003) with Maria P. P. Root and is producer of the documentary film, Chasing Daybreak: A Film About Mixed Race in America (2006), which features U.S. President Barack Obama.

In 1998, as a 19-year-old, first-year student at Wesleyan University, Kelley created MAVIN magazine,^[1] one of the first print publications about racially mixed people. In 2000, he founded the Seattle, Washington-based Mavin Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to build “healthy communities that celebrate and empower mixed heritage people and families".^[2] Under his direction the organization created projects including the award-winning MatchMaker Bone Marrow Project,^[3] the Mixed Heritage Center and the Generation MIX National Awareness Tour. He left the organization in 2006 but continues to serve on its Board of Advisors.^[4]

Kelley is recognized as a spokesperson for multiracial Americans. He frequently appears in media^[5] and has received several awards, including being named a "Point of Light" by President George W. Bush.^[3] In 2004, as vice president of the Association of MultiEthnic Americans, he was the multiracial representative on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Decennial Census Advisory Committee.^[6] In 2005 he presented testimony to Congress about mixed-race health concerns.^[6]

Kelley has volunteered with several organizations that work with youth, Asian American, African American and lesbian and gay issues.^[6]

External links

References

1. ^ Interracial Voice - On Campus
2. ^ MAVIN Foundation ... the Mixed Race Experience
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.mavin.net/news/awards.html/
4. ^ MAVIN Foundation ... the Mixed Race Experience
5. ^ MAVIN Foundation ... the Mixed Race Experience
6. ^ ^{a b c} http://mavin.net/about/Matt%20Kelley%20Bio.pdf

General

• Official website
• Notable Wesleyan University alumni
• MAVIN Foundation (Official website)

Published Work

• From 50 to 1,500: Korea Queer Culture Festival turns 10 by Matt Kelley Fridae.com. June 16, 2009
• South Korea's legal trans-formation by Matt Kelley and Mike Lee Fridae.com. May 29, 2009
• Beauty vs. Brawn by Matt Kelley and Uikwon Lee Theme Magazine. Issue 19 Spring 2009
• One Box Isn't Enough: An Analysis of How U.S. Colleges and Universities Classify Mixed Heritage Students by Alfredo Padilla with Matt Kelley Mavin Foundation. November 9, 2005

Articles

(organized by most recent)

• Mavin: One who understands by Julie Dexter, Washington Health Foundation. Winter 2007
• Black and White and read all over by Naomi Pabst, The Village Voice. January 31, 2006
• It's time for 'Generation Mix' by Mireya Navarro, Taipei Times. April 26, 2005
• When you contain multitudes by Mireya Navarro, New York Times. April 24, 2005
• Former 'Others' show their pride by Janie Magruder, The Arizona Republic. April 8, 2005
• Coast-to-coast Mix RV tour an interracial celebration by Jason Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle. April 7, 2005
• Mixed-race youth are on a literal drive to find their identity by John Iwasaki, Seattle Times. April 4, 2005
• Seeing mixed races through the eyes of new generation by Jerry Large, Seattle Times. March 31, 2005
• Race isn't as clear as black and white by Florangela Davila, Seattle Times. January 17, 2005
• Multiracial and proud! Multiracial teens are claiming their own identities and changing our notion of race by John DiConsiglio, Scholastic Choices. September 2004
• [connection-04].htm Multiracial Youth in Care by Lisette Austin, The Connection. April 2004
• Foundation helps those of mixed race by John Iwasaki, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 20, 2004
• Group holds Marrow-Thon to find multiracial donors by Jean Stevens, The Daily Orange. November 13, 2002
• Kelley's foundation springs from multiracial heritage by Steve Wilhelm, Puget Sound Business Journal. September 13, 2002
• Multiracial - a new way of thinking by D. Parvaz, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 14, 2001
• Impact of Census' race data debated by Martin Kasindorf and Haya El Nasser, USA Today. March 13, 2001
• Census 'can of worms' makes experts squirm by Stuart Eskenazi, Seattle Times. March 13, 2001
• Changing the way we think about race by Solomon Moore, Los Angeles Times. March 5, 2001
• Who wants to be an entrepreneur? by Theresa O'Rourke, Link Magazine. May 2000
• Birth of a Maven: Matt Kelley's brave new magazine targets a mixed-race world by Andy Steiner, Utne Reader. September/October 1999

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