After a double homicide took his grandson's life last summer, Ricky McCoy Sr. started knocking on doors. He intended to get his neighbors, who retreated inward after hearing more than 40 rounds fired, talking again.
Along with the acute trauma of witnessing a fatal shooting, they were experiencing cumulative trauma built up from years of struggling to get by and watching loved ones go to jail or get deported.
McCoy and a group of 44th Street residents, whom we started following in November, decided to learn more about trauma so they could help.
Now they're asking San Diego Unified to provide the same training for teachers.
The residents spoke at a Board of Education meeting last week to urge administrators to utilize existing trauma-informed training programs through the County Office of Education and San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team.
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