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From: 6o9 Category: Life Date: 06 October 2007 Time: 04:43 AM Review: Do you remember Olive Morris? She worked with the Black Panther movement; set up Brixton Black Women’s Group, was a founder member of The Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) and was central to the squatter campaigns of the 1970s. She died tragically young in 1979 at age 27. Artist Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre created a collective portrait of Olive Morris via a weblog, the aim of which is to bring together the personal memories of those who knew her, and publish information and materials relating to her life and work. Contribute: Leave your comments or add your memories: http://rememberolivemorris.wordpress.com/ ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' This weblog was set up by artist Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, working together with community activist Liz Obi. It is the initial research phase of a larger oral history project involving video interviews, performances, educational workshops and exhibitions. The weblog has been developed with support from Lambeth Archives and was launched as part of Lambeth’s Black History Month Celebrations. This weblog will be open for comments for a fixed period of time (6-12 months). Afterwards, the information contained in it will be transferred to the Lambeth Archives website, from where it will be permanently made available to the public.