Category: Editor’s Note

It’s hard to believe the Winter Holidays are upon us.  We want to wish you and your family and friends the best holiday season and new year, as we all aim to make 2023 the best year yet!  We are super grateful to our holiday artists this year, from our latest cover artist, Michael Sperling, to Olegario Ambriz to our young star, Elder in San Mateo.  All this amazing work if not showcased in this latest issue, will be shared in our year end issue, and our holiday letter/eblast to our friends, colleagues and supporters. It’s that time once again

It’s hard to believe we are into the last month of the year,  and the Winter holidays and 2023 are quickly approaching. Where did these last 11 months go? We certainly hope when you look back you will be fine with how your life is unfolding, if not, we hope you have the will power to do something different to improve your health and wellbeing. Wow, what a year of great work for The Beat Within, and we anticipate plenty of the same going into this next chapter. As always, we warmly welcome you readers new and old, back for

Greetings friends!  We want to welcome you readers back to another edition of The Beat Within.  This latest issue truly shines with plenty of great writings from our weekly workshops with the young people (and the adults) inside and outside of the system.  We are very proud of the great work coming out of our groups and want to extend a big thanks for all of you contributors. It is hard to believe the year is ending soon and 2023 is right around the corner!  We must thank our partners, friends, collaborators and you writers and artists who step up

It has been one heck of a busy year for The Beat Within.  As most of you know, we have been doing the good workday in and day out in our efforts to bring the best program to the sites we visit, and of course bring you the one and only publication that truly matters when it comes to giving voice to those within the walls of the system and beyond.   As we put the final touches on this latest issue, we take a moment to look ahead to 2023, and we certainly anticipate more of the same work

Twenty-six years of service!  What an amazing journey it has been for all of us involved with The Beat Within. It is hard to believe we have been doing this good work, day in and day out for this long.  We have had the great privilege of meeting so many amazing people, inside and outside, along the way.  We have all learned so much about ourselves, our communities and our neighbors through these meaningful interactions we have had over the years. We strive to be the best program possible, first and foremost to the youth we serve, and to our

Happy 26th anniversary to The Beat Within! It is a blessing to say that we have been going strong for this long! Who would have ever imagined The Beat Within would be touching so many lives? The power of our program speaks volumes as we continue to stay true to our mission to provide incarcerated youth (and adults) with consistent opportunities to share their ideas and life experiences in a safe space that encourages literacy, self-expression, some critical thinking skills, and healthy, supportive relationships with adults and their community. Outside of the juvenile justice system, The Beat Within partners with

It’s our anniversary month! Later this month we will embrace our 26th year of service and counting! Hard to believe we launched The Beat Within so long ago… What a beautiful journey, full of incredible friends, colleagues, partners and allies that have embraced The Beat yesterday, today and we are sure more so moving forward!  We welcome you loyal readers back to another double issue,  27.35/36, of the one and only The Beat Within. And as our friend OT says, “the only magazine keeping it one thousand with you readers and writers and is the only publication putting out a

It’s the last days of August, and we warmly welcome you devoted  readers back to another double edition, 27.31/32, of The Beat Within. What a beautiful and most inspiring magazine we have to share with our important and most powerful community of friends, writers, readers, associates, partners and colleagues, to name a few. We hope you enjoy reading this one-of-a-kind magazine to see what your favorite writers have to say. Starting with OT, as he has plenty to share this week in this editorial.   This is OT reporting live from the hot tropical, muggy and the lightning striking skies

Greetings friends! We welcome you back to another double edition, 27.29/30, of the one and only, The Beat Within.  We are very proud of our latest work, as you all continue to embrace this important platform to share ideas, stories and art, while creating hope, inspiration and new ways of seizing the moment and the days ahead. We hear this constantly from our writers, young and old, free, and incarcerated.  We still can’t believe for 25 years, closing in on 26, wow, that we have created such a powerful publication over the years that continues to touch many lives, free

Another week, another Beat! We want to welcome you readers back to another double edition, issue 27.27/28, of the one and only The Beat Within.  What an amazing magazine full of light, hope, and most importantly the truth, from our amazing writing community.  We are always touched and inspired by all you writers and artists – young and old – who courageously step up each week to share a part of yourself with our ever-growing community of readers from around the bay, the state, the country – inside and outside of the system. Thank you all very much for embracing