Two years ago, Raven Canon was newly homeless in Colorado Springs, a city on the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains. She was sitting outside the city’s Penrose Library, and she was hungry.
“I’m female, so I was just trying to keep a low profile,” she said. “People target you, especially if you’re female and homeless.”
Raven’s caution was well founded, but it meant she was unaware that help was close at hand. ...