JONESTOWN SURVIVOR Contacted by Vietnamese student from Florida for a Research Project
In the last week, I was contacted by a Vietnamese student living in Florida for some first-hand information for a research project she and her friends were completing on Peoples Temple. Here are her questions and my answers: - How would you describe Jim Jones as a leader? Jim had two sides to him - on his personal side, he had mistresses and secretaries who really did anything he asked up to and including getting him drugs for his addiction in Jonestown. With these most intimate followers, he insisted that they remain single and in direct contact with him, and they led ...
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Each week, I get at least one email with questions. One of the emails that I got this week was from Swedish students. This was their question: What are the basic forms of expressions, belief and ideas of The Peoples Temple? (How does a member of Peoples Temple express their faith, any special clothing, special behaviour, rituals? etc.) Really, your question has to be answered in two parts – the USA, and Jonestown The basic beliefs of Peoples Temple were that everyone is equal, and should be treated with dignity. No one should be hungry, or should be living in dangerous circumstances, ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider’s Look Interviewed by Ben Modo on Premier Show
2/2015 JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider's Look, I was delighted to be invited to New York City to appear on the Premier Show of Ben Modo Live. He was a wonderful host who had certainly done his homework. In the five segments, we discussed everything from my Jonestown survival to my activism today, in education, civil rights and immigration rights. It was a great pleasure meeting him, and his whole crew. He survived a difficult immigration from Cameroon, and is pushing for a progressive agenda to provide JOBS. He has certainly been energized by his own experience. What a delight. Here ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR Interviewed for National History Day Project
JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider's Look I was interviewed by two Rohnert Park, CA high school students competing in the National History Day Competition. They won up to the state level. Here is the link of their video - GREAT JOB! http://73080318.nhd.weebly.com
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR Upcoming Events
JONESTOWN SURVIVOR Events: I have been on a number of internet and national radio programs lately - one a month for the past six months. Those have been interesting. Mostly, the interviewers are religious. And, that means that before and after my interview, they are giving their sermons. Very interesting. This week, I am speaking at Cal State San Marcos to the History Honors Club, at San Diego State University in the Jonestown Exhibit Special Collections, and am traveling to New York to be interviewed on the Ben Modo television show. In March, I will go to Hawaii ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR is Interviewed on The Kovacs Perspective
JONESTOWN SURVIVOR Interview As the JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider's Look Author, I was interviewed on The Kovacs Perspective. Don't miss this - Jonestown Survivor on now on The Kovacs Perspective. Here is the link to the Podcast: http://www.thekovacsperspective.com/Podcast.html #Jonestown.
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR February 2015 Schedule
My JONESTOWN SURVIVOR SCHEDULE for this month: SDSU - On Wednesday, February 18, at 7 p.m. in the Special Collection Theater. There is currently a Peoples Temple and Jonestown Exhibit. Cal State University - San Marcos - on Monday, February 23, at 4 p.m. hosted by the CSU-SM Honors History Club, in Commons 206. Both are open to the public.
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR – in Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky in October 2015
I have submitted my application and abstract to the Communal Studies Association Conference for my paper: 2015 Conference Theme: “Marking the Land: How Intentional Communities Shape Their Surrounding Physical & Social Landscapes” OCTOBER 1-3, 2015 Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. I am a Jonestown survivor and I continue to reflect on Peoples Temple and Jonestown, in particular. I am looking at the impact of the physical (remote) location and the layout of the community and how it affected members of the community. My current projects include completing Oral History Interviews of survivors and securing grants to allow a group of ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR and Revisiting Jonestown
Hello everyone, I wanted to give you an update about our plans to return to Guyana and Jonestown. I spent time researching the type of grant that would allow us to go back to Guyana and Jonestown, and to record our individual perspectives and reflections. Most of the available grants that I found do not provide for the "R&D" portion - meaning the travel and equipment, in our case. The grants available for that somewhat-smaller project are also smaller. My initial plan was to get a grant that would pay for our transportation and expenses in Guyana, our ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR Interviewed by Chuck Ochelli on his Program “The Ochelli Effect” on UCY.TV Program tonight
I was interviewed by Chuck Ochelli on his UCY.TV program The Ochelli Effect with Chuck Ochelli - a 2-hour interview. He was a great interviewer, and we expect to have a follow-up interview. UCY.TV is an investigative media platform, designed to give YOU a voice on the platform of your choice: Video, live radio, podcasts, written articles and more. I was really impressed because he had done his own homework. That always allows any interview to be deeper. It will be posted on youtube here: http://youtu.be/OaJsbjx4-nA
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