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".
[5] He frequently appears in media[6] and has received several awards, including being named a "Point of Light" by President George W.
[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.