"To many people sanctuary is their home with loved ones, and where they feel safe. For Violet Regilio, a 7th grade Literary Arts student at OSA, sanctuary is being with her family."--Wesleigh stone, 7th grade
To many people sanctuary is their home with loved ones, and where they feel safe. For Violet Regilio, a 7th grade Literary Arts student at OSA, sanctuary is being with her family. “Sanctuary means to me, feeling safe and loved wherever you are. It's like when you feel not afraid or not scared and you’re just living in the moment, and you’re happy,” she said.
Regilio has a community in her home where she feels safe. However, in Oakland [where she lives] she has a harder time finding a sanctuary. “I don't feel really safe in Oakland, just because it's a big city,” she explained.
Some people don’t like big cities for that reason alone and many people might understand her worries and fears about where she lives. For Regilio, , she thinks there could be things done in Oakland to make it a safer, more welcoming place—and she has some pretty good ideas. “Probably to make Oakland more safer, I would want to minimize crimes and violence in Oakland. Even though I know it's not a city with a high crime rate, it would still make me feel safer to know there is way less of that [crimes and violence],” she said.
But, as we all know, this can’t happen unless everyone does their part to help. Like picking up trash, not taking drugs, taking care of themselves,—stuff like that can help a lot to make Oakland a better, safer place.
Regilio’s sanctuary is a lot of things, but the biggest thing is her family. “It's where my mom and my sister are, they make me feel safe, and my home is always warm and happy,” she said. It's very important to find sanctuary in the people you love because there are a lot of people who don’t have a sanctuary in the people they love because they might not have people they love.
“When I am in my sanctuary, my mom is with me and so is my sister. Because I love them so much and they are my family, they make me feel safe,” Regilio continued.
Sanctuary can be a lot of things but one of the main things is people’s home and family, while others might have different sanctuaries their home and family always have a part in it.
Regilio has a community in her home where she feels safe. However, in Oakland [where she lives] she has a harder time finding a sanctuary. “I don't feel really safe in Oakland, just because it's a big city,” she explained.
Some people don’t like big cities for that reason alone and many people might understand her worries and fears about where she lives. For Regilio, , she thinks there could be things done in Oakland to make it a safer, more welcoming place—and she has some pretty good ideas. “Probably to make Oakland more safer, I would want to minimize crimes and violence in Oakland. Even though I know it's not a city with a high crime rate, it would still make me feel safer to know there is way less of that [crimes and violence],” she said.
But, as we all know, this can’t happen unless everyone does their part to help. Like picking up trash, not taking drugs, taking care of themselves,—stuff like that can help a lot to make Oakland a better, safer place.
Regilio’s sanctuary is a lot of things, but the biggest thing is her family. “It's where my mom and my sister are, they make me feel safe, and my home is always warm and happy,” she said. It's very important to find sanctuary in the people you love because there are a lot of people who don’t have a sanctuary in the people they love because they might not have people they love.
“When I am in my sanctuary, my mom is with me and so is my sister. Because I love them so much and they are my family, they make me feel safe,” Regilio continued.
Sanctuary can be a lot of things but one of the main things is people’s home and family, while others might have different sanctuaries their home and family always have a part in it.
