Saef-Aldeen Elbgal, a ninth grade student of Jessica Hom at Aspire College Preparatory Academy in Richmond, California, read and responded to the online YES! Writing Prompt: Describe how you would feel if a place that defines you was threatened to be destroyed or taken away. Of all the mosques I’ve been to, the one that defines me most is the Oakland Islamic Center, located in Oakland, California. But if those who threatened the mosque were not official authorities or the government—well, I would get physical. This relates to the mosque because mosques tell the next generation of world leaders what people in the past and present have worked hard to attain.