For a lot of city kids, getting to and from school safely is not guaranteed, and that alone is triggering.
District officials confirmed 100 students have been shot, with 20 of them killed since the school year began."My school went on lockdown, the shooter was inside the building," said Charles Gaskins, IV, a sophomore at TECH Freire Charter School."I don't feel safe going outside. I wonder if I'm going to make it to my destination, if I'm going to make it home," he said.
At the Dimplez 4 Dayz center, organizers have therapists come every week to speak with kids directly impacted by gun violence."We really want to break down the wall and make sure the clients have as little barrier as possible," said Nitasha Strait."The way that I've set up the practice is that people can get in the day they call, or certainly by the end of the week," she said.
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