Morris sits on the National Girls Initiative Expert Panel and on California’s Board of State and Community Corrections’ Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Subcommittee. She is also an advisory board member for Global Girl Media, Oakland, and a regular contributor to Ebony.com. She is the author of Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century (The New Press), and her debut novel, Too Beautiful for Words (MWM Books), is a favorite among girls in detention facilities and marginalized youth across the country. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two daughters.
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