Kenny Morris

Kenny Morris is the Community Engagement & Outreach Coordinator at the University Network for Human Rights. Prior to joining the University Network, Kenny organized with logistics workers within the San Diego-Tijuana Borderland. The group of workers, including Kenny, advocated for and won transportation and enhanced safety procedures for thousands of workers. He also graduated with High Honors and distinction in his major from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he double majored in Global Studies and Communication with a concentration in East Asia. His Honors Thesis examined the intersection of workers’ rights and effective movement-building tactics.

During his undergraduate studies, Kenny organized with the UC Cops Off Campus movement, the Santa Barbara Tenants Union (SBTU), and the Student Activist Network. He co-founded the student community chapter of the SBTU, The Isla Vista Housing Crisis Coalition, which held community building events, tenant info sessions, and pushed local government officials to extend the eviction moratorium in the months following the initial COVID-19 shutdown.

Kenny is a 2021 California Policy Lab Research Fellow. He also was the Vice-President of the International Relations Honors Society, Sigma Iota Rho, and one of 11 students chosen from nearly 200 applicants to participate in the University Network’s 2020 Human Rights Intensive. He speaks English and Spanish.