Color Of Sound
Our Story
Who We Are
The Color Of Sound is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people of color through racial healing, housing and land access, economic opportunity, and reparative justice.
At The Color Of Sound, our team is passionate about affecting positive social change. Every person deserves access to the resources and support they need to thrive, and we are dedicated to making that a reality.
Meet the Team
Board Member
Keith Coleman is an Advisory Scholar with mediaX at Stanford University, an interdisciplinary thought leadership and industry affiliate program focused on transformational learning experiences. His service targets intercultural equity and excellence in education reform, progressive healthcare solutions, racial justice and social finance. A former chief strategy officer at a think tank, Keith informs cognitive behavioral practices that promote human performance and well-being in industry, academia, and sport.
Keith earned a degree in Economics from Stanford University and his Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is Vice Chair of Advocacy for the Black Mental Health Task Force, a Collaborator with Rutgers Law School Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity, Board Member of Climate Action Pathways for Schools, and an Associate Member of the Meharry National Alumni Association.
CEO and Founder
Ben Wilson is the CEO and Founder of Color of Sound. He has recently retired from a 30-year career in digital health and healthcare IT. Ben now serves on four additional nonprofit boards, including President of the Board at Climate Action Pathways for Schools, and Board Member for the Jefferson Land Trust, The Jefferson County Farmers Market, and the Olympic Housing Trust. Ben lives in Port Townsend with his wife Suzanne and his adult children live in Seattle. Ben graduated with a degree in Political Science from Stanford and both an MBA and a Master’s in Public Health from UC Berkeley.
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Board Member
Aaron Johnson is a Board Member of Color of Sound. He is also a public speaker, facilitator, and touch activist who practices closeness as a way to break down barriers between people. As co-founder of both Holistic Resistance and Grief to Action, Aaron takes the time to hold the stories of black people around homophobia, transphobia, internalized racism, and those who are Chronically Under-Touched. Aaron has created the Chronically UnderTouched (CUT) Project — basic strategies to bring a black body from being Chronically UnderTouched to a state of touch balance — as part of the lifelong journey of interrupting oppressive systems that make touch balance a radical action.
Our Philosophy
Our Goals
The Color Of Sound was founded to address challenges facing communities of color.
We are committed to providing resources and support for those who need it most.
We believe that working together, we can create a better future.
