Accountable
Making America as Good as Its Promise
1Health Care and Well-Being
Who Holds the Cure?
He who has health, has hope. And he who has hope, has everything.
-- Arabian Proverb
In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
-- Author Unknown
Covenant One
Securing the Right to Health Care and Well-Being
Carol Ann Reyes: Dumped in America
It was a cool Monday evening in late March 2006 in Los Angeles, months away from the sweltering summer when the infamous L.A. smog is at its worst. Traffic was moving swiftly along South San Pedro Street near East 5th Street in the downtown area known as "Skid Row."2 Known also as the Nickel because of its location along 5th Street, Skid Row is "home"to one of the largest populations of homeless people in the United States. Also known for its tough streets, the Nickel this evening seemed like just another day in the neighborhood, the county's 74, ... read full excerpt from: Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise ebook
