1. Philip Morgan: Survivor historian
A history in symbols

2. Sharing memories of Philip and reflections on his SPiRiT, a spirit which he shared and includes all of us.
We will begin by explaining the images (symbols) that have been so important in preparing this event:
Beginning with with a tribute by Andrew Roberts to the symbol of SPiRiT that Philip shared with us.

3. Followed by two images that we have asked Philip's THACMHO colleague Sidney Millin to explain:
The image of the Sankofa Bird symbolising (as Philip told us) that "We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward”
The image of the paddle (Tabono) symbolising strength, confidence and perseverance

4. Finally, the image of the Flaming Spirit by Sam Shakes which illustrates the back cover of the latest Asylum magazine.
Sam explains that the flame is the infinite spirit, our life source. It burns in the midst of the blackness of grief and depression.

6. Asylum is a quarterly mental health magazine for democratic discussion.
The current edition includes an article on "Creative Identities in the Spirit of Philip Morgan"
The back cover features the painting called Flaming Spirit by Sam Shakes
There is also a review of Ravaged Wonderful Earth, A Collection for David Kessel, a friend of Philip Morgan who is with us today.

7. As well as being an artist, Sam Shakes is the author of books and poems for adults and children. Her work will be reviewed in the summer edition of Asylum.
Philip Morgan was also a member of F.E.E.L., the Friends of East end Loonies. A poem about F.E.E.L. as a network of friends by Kieran Bradley will also be published in the summer edition of Asylum.
Asylum is on sale today at half price (£2). Editors who are present can also tell you how to subscribe regularly.
F.E.E.L. members can tell you how to take part in what they do.

9. The Spirit of surviving together
by Andrew Roberts.
The spirit of Philip Morgan is not just about Philip, it is about all of us. Spirit is for sharing. It is our spirit.
In words from the latest Asylum magazine: there are many "creative identities in the spirit of Philip Morgan".
As I speak, please think about your identity and how valuable you are.

10. I am what used to be called a mental patient and is now called a survivor or service user. I belong to the Survivors History Group, which goes back to the past to find out who we are, to appreciate the present, and to fly forward.
I can only say that like that because of Philip who communicated to me his philosophy and that of the Tower Hamlets African and Caribbean Mental Health Organisation (THACMHO).
I am also helped in saying it by others such as Sidney Millin and Sam Shakes who will share with us the symbols of the spirit that they helped create.

11. When I first met Philip, on 30. 10
When I first met Philip, on , he gave me a copy of Power Writers and the Struggle Against Slavery, in the front of which he wrote:
"To the Survivor History Group. From one group of survivors to another as we are all family in more than one sense of the word".
Soon afterwards, Philip and other THACMHO members joined the Survivors History Group and both groups have worked together since then.

12. Modern science suggests that the whole human family has developed out of Africa.
The cause of recovering African culture to which Philip devoted much of his energy is something in which we can all share.

13. By what they say, power writers change our perception of who we are
By what they say, power writers change our perception of who we are. Their power is the power of words. But we have many forms of power.
In the book Power Writers, Philip wrote about "self-realisation giving people a truer sense of identity and a greater purpose for living their lives"
Our spirit can expresses itself in many creative forms, story telling, poetry, painting, taking photographs, smiling and embracing one another, singing, dancing, grieving, comforting one another, sharing a meal, looking after our families, exploring our histories, collecting memories, being a disc jockey, performing a play, living and sharing.

14. Philip has been described by his friend Steve Laudat as a "motivational speaker". He was a power presenter of the relevance of "London's Black African History and Today".
Survivors from all over England who saw and heard Philip perform Ukawsaw Gronniosaw in the Pageant of Survivor History at Kingsley Hall on Friday will have some idea of the qualities that earned him the name "Spirit".

16. In his "last words“ (on Facebook), Philip wrote:
"Cast not thy fate to the wind,
nor anything else.
For ye are not the wind nor fate
and neither are ye to be casted"

17. Spirit does not cease to blow when you do not see it.
As Philip and his brother Rupert said, we are
"a force moving forward" - "a force boundless"
Spirit does not cease to blow when you do not see it.

18. See SPiRiT of Philip Morgan