is my true pleasure and honor to introduce doctor monique morris. doctor monique morris is an author and social justice scholar with more than 20 years of professional and volunteer experience in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice to dr. morris is the author of african-americans by numbers in the 21st century, too beautiful for words and "pushout". she has written dozens of articles, chapters and other publications on social justice issues and lectured widely on research policies and practices associated with improving juvenile justice, educational and social economic conditions of black girls, women and their families. dr. morris is the cofounder and president of the national black justice institute. she is also the former vice presidents for economic programs , advocacy and research at the national association for the advancement of colored people in the former director of research for the henderson center for social justice at uc berkeley law school your current work has informed the development and implementation o