{"id":17046,"date":"2013-03-09T21:57:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T21:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=16950"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T23:10:40","slug":"splash_lelahoward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=17046","title":{"rendered":"Reflections and Articles by Lela Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lela-and-chris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69349\" src=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lela-and-chris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>Lela Howard<\/b>, niece of Jonestown victim Mary Pearl Willis, speaks about the shame and other emotions her family and others have endured as loved ones of Peoples Temple members, giving a different perspective as to how the massacre and media coverage affected survivors, creating a silent shame. She is dedicated to correcting this stigma. She may be reached at <a href=\"mailto:lelavhoward@gmail.com\">lelavhoward@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81317\">Who Was She?<\/a>\u00a0(2018) <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=30268\">A Memorial That Stands<\/a>\u00a0(2010)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=30269\">Southern Living and Peoples Temple<\/a>\u00a0(2010)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=30818\">A Good Night\u2019s Sleep<\/a>\u00a0(2009)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31391\">\u201cNo\u201d is not an option<\/a>\u00a0(2008)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31390\">Los Angeles Peoples Temple May Become Historical Site<\/a>\u00a0(2008)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=33174\">A Blessing and a Responsibility<\/a> (2007)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=33170\">How it began<\/a> (2007)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=33172\">How to stop the nightmares<\/a> (2007)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=33169\">Jonestown Grave Finally Has a Headstone<\/a> (2007)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=33168\">Jonestown Relative Announces New Foundation<\/a> (2007)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=33217\">Mary Pearl Willis: The Collection of Memories Grows<\/a> (2007)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31928\">How I Remember 1978<\/a> (2006)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31929\">The First Real Film on Peoples Temple<\/a> (2006)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31927\">Speaking Her Name: Mary Pearl Willis<\/a> (2006)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Array<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":16994,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17046","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17046"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93257,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17046\/revisions\/93257"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}