Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues

Sales Track: Pushout has sold 35,000 copies across editions and Black Stats has sold 8,500 across editions to date. Platform: The author's 2018 TED Talk was released online 1/15/2019 and was viewed over 800,000 times in the first 2 weeks. She shared the bill with Marian Wright Edelman, William Barber, Stacey Abrams, Dolores Huerta and received a standing ovation. Morris has 5,000 Twitter followers, 1,900 on Facebook, and 1,500 on Instagram. A documentary tied to Pushout is scheduled to begin screening in fall 2019. Media: Her work has been profiled by MSNBC, CSPAN2, The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, and PBS, among others. Speaking: Morris lectures regularly in school districts, universities, conferences, and community organizations. Endorsements: Michelle Alexander, Gloria Steinem, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Lisa Delpit blurbed her first book. We are working to secure blurbs from Alicia Garza, Tarana Burke, Christopher Emdin, Marley Dias, Ava DuVernay, Naomi Wadler, and others. Affiliations: Morris is the Founder and President of the National Black Women's Justice Institute, a 2012 Open Society fellow, works closely with NoVo and Ford foundations, and is a former NAACP Vice President for Economic Programs and Advocacy and Research.