The Remembering Olive Collective (ROC) is made up of women of different ages and backgrounds. The main aim of ROC is to create public and permanent memories of Olive Morris.

Olive Morris’ nephew Ferron paying a surprise visit to a ROC meeting, here pictured with a cohort of ROC members.

We meet the first Wednesday of every month at Lambeth Women’s Project. Together we research and document the history of Olive Morris and her times, and we learn about each other and about women’s histories and why it is important that we keep them alive. Meetings include talks by those who knew Olive Morris and come to share their memories of Olive but also their own histories.

If you want to find out more, come along!

Forthcoming meetings:

Wednesday 5 August 2009 (6.30 – 9.00 pm)
Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ

Next meeting: Wednesday 2 September 2009 (6.30 – 9.00 pm)
Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ

Previous meetings:

Wednesday 1 July 2009
Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ

Wednesday 3 June 2009 – Guest visitor: Olive’s nephew Ferron Morris
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Wednesday 6 May 2009
Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ
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Monday 30 March 2009 (April meeting)
Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ
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Tuesday 4 March 2009 – Video screening: Otolith I (a film by the Otolith Group)
Venue: Gasworks, 155 Vauxhall Street, London SE11 5RH

Wednesday 4 February 2009 – Video screening: Interview with Doris Morris (mother of Olive)
Venue: Black Cultural Archives (1 Othello Close, London, SE11 4RE)
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Wed. 7 January 2009 – Guest speaker: Mia Morris (co-founder of ELBOW, and editor of Black History Month 365)
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Wed. 3 December 2008 – Read minutes (word doc. Size: 69 KB)
Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ

Wed. 5 November 2008 – Read minutes (word doc. Size: 69 KB)
Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ

Wed. 1 October 2008 – Guest speaker: Sandra Hurst (co-founder of Black Roof and Sabarr Bookshop)
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Venue: Lambeth Women’s Project, 166 A Stockwell Road, London SW9 9TQ

Wed. 3 September 2008 – Guest speaker: Joy Gregory (artist and Trustee of Triangle Arts Trust)
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Wed. 6 August 2008 – Guest speaker: Liz Obi (community activist and former Brixon Black Panther)
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