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JONESTOWN SURVIVORS at 40th Anniversary
Kohl Speech for 40th Anniversary It is wonderful to see everyone here. Some who could not make the trip are awaiting our photos and thoughts as well. When I reflect on my nearly 9 years in Peoples Temple, I feel that it was both one of the highlights and one of the deepest traumas of my life. When I was in Peoples Temple in both California and in Guyana, I felt committed to an idea, even a dream, that took me outside of my personal needs. I found a community that asked much of the members. I thought that I was making ...
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Jonestown Survivor - Current Schedule Currently, I am writing my 2nd book. Additionally, I have these scheduled presentations: July 29, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm - I am attending: San Francisco’s Museum of African Diaspora White Nights, Black Paradise | A Screening and Discussion on Black Women, Peoples Temple and Jonestown August 8 - Panelist 10:30-12 (as a Quaker) 2017 Poway Interfaith Team putting on a 2017 NAIN “CONNECT” Conference, San Diego October 5-7 Presenter of two Scholarly Papers on Peoples Temple at Communal Studies Association Conference in Zoar Community, in Ohio 2017 Conference Theme: “To succeed, grow and survive, all successful communal groups have had ...
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Jonestown Survivor News - I have been asked to teach a 5-week OSHER Class here in San Diego. Here is the Course Outline: Selected History of the 1960s and 1970s Laura Johnston Kohl, Jonestown Survivor and Author, will present a 5-week study of selected United States History from the 1960s and 1970s. Each class will focus on a different aspect of those two decades. -1st class will review US History, beginning with the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks, including the assassinations of five inspiring leaders in the 1960s, and ending in 1970. -2nd class will review the struggles for different national communities to gain ...
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JONESTOWN SURVIVOR- What’s Going On? This has been a busy summer for me. I’ve traveled to Washington, D.C. (my birthplace), New York (my husband’s birthplace), San Francisco, Oakland, Visalia, Tijuana, and all over southern California. I have presented at libraries, senior centers, street fairs, and conferences. I have had a number of interviews related to my life (Peoples Temple, Woodstock, Black Panthers, and/or Synanon) for documentaries, newspapers, blogtalk radio, and research projects. When I am not taking care of that, I am an activist. I do work on making the world a more sane place for all of us. I am politically ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR Writes Foreword for Eusi Kwayana’s New Book
Eusi Kwayana's review of his latest book A NEW LOOK AT JONESTOWN: On November 18, 1978, over 900 members of the Peoples Temple, located not far from the Port Kaituma airstrip, died after drinking cyanide-laced Flavor-Aid. Their suicidal act was attributed to a directive from Reverend JimJones, the religious leader of the commune. Jones himself died from gunshot wounds. Despite the publications of seven books by Jonestown survivors about the incident, many questions remain, including the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the commune and the death of American Congressman, Leo Ryan, who went to Guyana to investigate reports of atrocities ...
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I just returned from two weeks speaking at the Shaker Village and other venues in Lexington, KY, and at Grand Valley State University and other sites in Grand Rapids, Michigan, speaking about my life and my book JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider’s Look. I presented at the Communal Studies Association Conference, at several libraries, at a news station, at a Book Group, at several Quaker Meetings, and at the University. I always come back from my trips inspired by the people I meet. The deaths in Jonestown, at the hands of Jim Jones and his small band of secretaries and ...
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Jonestown Survivor will be speaking at the Communal Studies Association Conference in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky on October 2, 2015. Here is the block I'll be speaking with: 10:30-12:00 SESSION 2 IN FOUR VENUES & CONCURRENT SITE TOUR OPTIONS (Sign-up sheets) Session 2A - Musical Landscapes of Community Roger Hall “My Shaker Home”: The last Shaker song and the pure mountain air Denise Seachrist Shaping the Faithful: The Music of Snow Hill Etta Madden Shaping the Social Landscape: La Bagnaia and the Sienese Mountain Songs of May Session 2B -- Landscapes of Distress Stewart Davenport This is NOT the Place: Inhospitable Environments for Communal Experiments Laura Kohl PEOPLES TEMPLE LANDSCAPES - Jonestown and Georgetown Charles ...
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JONESTOWN SURVIVOR responds to an email inquiry: Over the past few days, a person researching a book has contacted me. She mentioned that the other survivors she tried to contact have not responded. Here is what I told her: What made you decide to write about Peoples Temple? Are you including any information about Jonestown? Life for children and parents was completely different in Jonestown for both children and parents - for everyone. Do you know Dr. James Taylor at USF? Just out of curiosity, what are the ethnicities of your primary characters? In terms of contacting survivors, what none of us wants ...
» continue readingJONESTOWN SURVIVOR – Una Pregunta y Mi Respuesto
Yo recibio esta pregunta interesante: Estimada Sra. Laura Johnston Koh: He leído con mucho interés sus artículos sobre Jonestown y aprecio su interés en recibir preguntas. Soy historiador, y leyendo materiales sobre lo ocurrido en 1978 me encuentro en una carta de María Katsaris una referencia acerca de que una delegación de la ONU o algo así le asignó al Templo de Dios allí en Guyana a un niño desnutrido proveniente de Venezuela para que viviese en el campamento. Me ha interesado esta anécdota y me ha causado mucha curiosidad, porque en ello presumo que ese niño venezolano también habría fallecido en ...
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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.
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