{"id":7,"date":"2013-01-05T18:33:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T02:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:34:45","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This website is designed to give personal and scholarly perspectives on a major event in the history of religion in America. Its primary purpose is to present information about Peoples Temple as accurately and objectively as possible. In an effort to be impartial, we offer many diverse views and opinions about the Temple and the events in Jonestown.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Photographs<\/h2>\n<p>Free to use and re-use if indicated in Permissions.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"home-photo-links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=45\">Gallery and Permissions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/peoplestemple\/albums\">Albums<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"home-photos\">\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125503\" src=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-redwood-valley-children-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Black-and-white photo of a group of smiling children and teenagers of diverse backgrounds gathered for a portrait in Redwood Valley.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-redwood-valley-children-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-redwood-valley-children-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-redwood-valley-children.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125500\" src=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-tom-grubbs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Man inspects ripening banana bunches hanging from a wooden structure in a tropical produce stand in Jonestown, Guyana.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-tom-grubbs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-tom-grubbs-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-tom-grubbs.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125501\" src=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-pioneers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Black-and-white photo of a multiracial group of men, women, and children standing at a construction site in the Guyanese jungle, early Jonestown settlers.\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-pioneers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-pioneers-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-jonestown-pioneers.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125502\" src=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-sf-intl-hotel-protest-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Black-and-white street scene showing diverse protesters marching and singing during the International Hotel eviction protests in San Francisco.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-sf-intl-hotel-protest-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-sf-intl-hotel-protest-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/homepage-sf-intl-hotel-protest.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Audiotapes<\/h2>\n<p>Free to use and re-use, released under the Freedom of Information Act.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"home-audiotapes\">\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"\/?page_id=43\">Audiotapes<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"\/?page_id=28703\">Transcripts and Summaries<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"\/?page_id=29084\">The \u201cDeath Tape\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #f2e4c9; box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 30%;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"mailto:remoore@sdsu.edu\">Rebecca Moore<\/a> \u2022 Site Manager<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"mailto:fieldingmcgehee@yahoo.com\">Fielding M. 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