JONESTOWN SURVIVOR Traveling to Kentucky in October, 2015
Folks in Lexington, KY - add this event to your calendar: JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider's Look Author will do a Book Talk and Power Point Presentation, Thursday October 1, 6-8 p.m. Lexington Public Library Beaumont Branch 3080 Fieldstone Way Lexington, KY 40513
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR Interviewed by Moe of the Gnostic Warrior
JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: I was interviewed for 1 1/2 hours yesterday by Moe, the originator of the Gnostic Warrior. He has made a podcast of the interview - here is the link: http://gnosticwarrior.com/laura-johnston-kohl.html
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JONESTOWN SURVIVOR Interviewed on Channel 6 Morning News show on June 23, 2015. I was interviewed on the Morning News Program of XETV Channel 6 in San Diego. Here is the link: http://www.sandiego6.com/san-diego-living/community/Surviving-Jonestown-309352081.html
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JONESTOWN SURVIVOR will be a Featured Author at the Delta Mu Delta UOPX 3rd Annual Writers' Expo, at University of Phoenix, in August. Delta Mu Delta UOPX is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Writers' Expo, to be held Sat., Aug. 22, from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the UOPX Stonecrest Learning Center. This is a landmark opportunity to attend a number of informative writing workshops, as well as network amongst a multitude of published authors. This year, Delta Mu Delta UOPX San Diego is honored to announce our Keynote Speaker: Antoinette Kuritz, founder of the La Jolla Writers Conference. Attendees of the Delta Mu ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVORS Plan to Revisit Guyana
JONESTOWN SURVIVORS Plan to Revisit Guyana I am in the process of arranging a return trip for some of the survivors and family members back to Guyana. Many people just do not understand why some of us feel the need to go back. Nothing about surviving is clear cut. We have each developed our very own path to move forward. No two of us feel exactly alike. We don't have to. We each came into Peoples Temple in our own fashion - alone, with our families or our friends, as religious or political beings, at a crossroad, or many other ways of ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR AT BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL 2015
JONESTOWN SURVIVOR AT BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL 2015 Last weekend, I hosted an Author’s Table at the Bay Area Book Festival, on Literary Lane in Berkeley. I met many old friends and met even more new ones. Whenever I do Book Talks around the country, I bring my photo boards with photos from many of the aspects of Peoples Temple. One poster shows many pictures from Jonestown, while the other shows photos of important milestones from the past thirty-six years since November 18, 1978. I also had my copy of Kathy Barbour’s newly-published book, Who Died, which is a photographic ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR on Ed Opperman Report
JONESTOWN SURVIVOR ON ED OPPERMAN REPORT - Here is the link to the three-hour interview I had on 6/12/15 with Ed Opperman, a great investigator and radio host: Ed Opperman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grRGiaDKEiY Laura Johnston Kohl : JONESTOWN SURVIVOR Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/o... YOUTUBE.COM Laura Johnston Kohl : JONESTOWN SURVIVOR Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/oppermanreport/laura-johnston-kohl-jonestown-survivor
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR Attends (Berkeley) Bay Area Book Festival June 6 and 7, 2015
JONESTOWN SURVIVOR will be hosting an Author's Table on Literary Lane on Addison between Milvia and Shattuck, in downtown Berkeley. I will have pictures and will sign books you purchase. Come talk, and buy JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider's Look. I look forward to meeting you.
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR Summer Events
I have a pretty diverse summer ahead, working with Peoples Temple archives, Synanon archives, and book events! I'll be teaching the next 2 1/2 weeks in Escondido. On June 6 and 7, I'll be at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley On June 16, I'll be at SDSU looking at the Peoples Temple exhibit On June 18 and 19, I'll be working with Synanon archives at UCLA On June 23, I'll be speaking at the San Diego City Heights Library In mid-July, I will be at Walker Creek Ranch (where I lived briefly while in Synanon) at a Quaker Retreat In July, I'll also visit ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR: A Tribute to PJ Paparelli
Hello everyone, Today, Leigh let Mac know that PJ Paparelli was killed in a car accident while vacationing in Scotland. He was the superb Artistic Director from the Chicago American Theater Company where Leigh's play "The Peoples Temple" was presented. Claire, Nel and I flew to Chicago to see it. Last June, PJ and his Assistant brought twenty inner-city high school drama students out to meet us, to visit CHS, and to get some California air. So many people jumped in to speak with the students, i remember Alan, Garry, Tim, Jordan, Eugene, Stephan, Vern and I spent time, and others ...
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