©1992 Kira Carrillo Corser

A Matriot's Dream: Health Care for All

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 ©1992 Poetry, Frances Payne Adler  ©1992 Photography, Kira Carrillo Corser

Matriot (ma´ - tri - at) noun 1: One who
loves his or her country. 2: One who loves
and protects the people of his or her country.
3: One who perceives national defense as
health, education, and shelter of all people
in his or her country. (Orig. FPA, 1991)


Funded in part by the James Irvine Foundation, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation,
Health Access Foundation, and the San Diego Community Foundation
Sponsored by California Health Decisions

 

 

During Desert Storm in 1991, I was sitting at my desk, and heard on the radio that our defense force had invented a missle and named it the 'patriot.' That evening, i invented a word, asking myself what does a matriot look like?

-Frances Payne Adler