A Corona Moment with Erin Von Fempe: Home Among the Homeless
Erin Von Fempe of the Mount Vernon Police Department thinks of homelessness and the issues that are its causes and consequences in terms of pathology. “I feel like people without homes in our society are shunned,” she says. “I think most people want to play a positive social role in life, and no one on the street wants to be a drug addict, a transient, or homeless.” This is a story about her job.