{"id":17060,"date":"2013-03-09T21:57:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T21:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=16965"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:19:06","slug":"splash_verawashington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=17060","title":{"rendered":"Reflections and Articles by Vera Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vera (Inghram) Washington<\/strong> was a member of Peoples Temple for several years but left in 1973 because of conflicts she had with the leadership of the group. She entered the Temple with high hopes of being\u00a0a part of a productive movement that would make a positive impact on the lives of ordinary people like her but came away with a feeling of aborted dreams and disillusionment. As Vera reflects, \u201cThe best part was the incredible people that I met and shared the same dreams and lived with and loved.\u00a0It was a journey that I will always remember and cherish.\u201d She can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:reginav8@yahoo.com\">reginav8@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=128541\">Jim Cobb: My Friend and Brother<\/a> (2024)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=102174\">Shirley Smith: A Quiet Confidence<\/a>\u00a0(2020)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=93144\">My Brother Jim<\/a>\u00a0(2019)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=65004\">Teri Cobb: Missing a Friend<\/a>\u00a0(2015)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=40195\">My friend Ava<\/a>\u00a0(2013)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=34343\">Our brother Wayne<\/a>\u00a0(2012)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=29469\">A fitting farewell<\/a>\u00a0(2011)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31457\">The Sweetest Summer<\/a> (2008)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=17066\">Reflections on Leaving the Temple<\/a> (2003)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Array<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":16994,"menu_order":55,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17060","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17060","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=17060"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132532,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17060\/revisions\/132532"}],"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=17060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}