Category: Editor’s Note

We are back, after our summer (4th of July) break.  We hope all is well with you? We are grateful to all our partners for continuing to share our prompts even during our break from workshops, thank you! We also appreciate your patience in getting this latest magazine in your hands, as we pushed our publishing deadline up a week, as we truly attempted to embrace our time off.  In this latest 76 page issue, we have more writings from our dear friends in Rivarde Juvenile Hall in the Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. We also want to welcome our new

Greetings friends! Summer is upon us and our latest double issue, 27.23/24 is ready for all our friends, colleagues, associates, partners and various supporters.  We are super excited about all the possibilities coming our way these next few months and beyond, as we are currently working on a very special Covid issue for Santa Clara County and one for all of our readers.  There is plenty of amazing content (since March 2020) that speaks on this pandemic from so many of you. Talk about a true history book documenting the times. Also, over the past month, we have been traveling

Greetings friends! Our amazing one of a kind double issue, 27.21/22, of The Beat Within is back from the printer and now in your eager hands. Remember, this is the only magazine keeping it one thousand with you readers with a new issue every two weeks. No other magazine puts forth the effort, day in and day out, with our workshops, our amazing partners and colleagues who do their part to make this magazine so incredibly special. This week we are grateful to once again have our old friend, OT, step up to share his thoughts in our editorial section.

Greetings! Another week another Beat! Welcome to The Beat Within’s latest double issue, 27.19/20! Where is the time going? 2022 is flying by, as the summer months are now upon us. As for this latest issue, there is plenty of wisdom, art, and thoughtful writings for all of us who are so privileged to pick up and be a part of this one-of-a-kind publication.  We could not do this work without you contributors if you are simply reading the magazine or coming from the heart as a writer and artist.  Let’s cut to the chase and pass the keyboard to

Greetings friends! Welcome to our latest double issue, 27.17/18, of writing and art from inside the system and beyond. There is plenty of solid content to read and find inspiration from, but before we get there, let’s make sure we hear from the one and only OT, as he leads us off with this latest editorial note. Well, if you checked out the previous issue, I was letting off some steam and letting y’all know that I was going through some thangs. The reason why I did that, was to show y’all that we’re all human. Many of you ask

Greetings friends! As our old friend and colleague, Cliff used to say, another week, another Beat…. It is hard to believe we are at it again with another beautiful, insightful, stimulating, powerful, and truly amazing one of a kind publication for you readers. Our latest double issue, 27.15/16, packs plenty of writings that we are sure you will truly find uplifting and hopefully inspiring pieces. Maybe you will pick up a pencil, grab a piece of paper and become a part of The Beat Within community. If you are new to The Beat, thanks for trusting us, there is a

Greetings friends of The Beat Within. Welcome to another one-of-a-kind double issue of The Beat Within.  We are honored and thrilled to connect with you all through these special 72 pages of writing and art. There is no other publication like this.  Our magazine truly touches and inspires many lives to write, read, reflect, discover, and hopefully make the necessary changes to lead a healthy and safe life. We are excited to receive the beautiful black etched glass award/plaque our founder, David Inocencio, received on behalf of The Beat Within! He was recognized for last month in New York at

Welcome friends to another fabulous issue of The Beat Within. We certainly hope you will enjoy all the wonderful submissions in this latest issue, there is so much good work being produced by our young workshop participants, as well as by our friends who take it upon themselves to reach out from around the state, inside and outside of the system.  Overall, the work has been quite busy as we embrace 2022, but incredibly rewarding, as we continue to learn so much from you writers and artists who share your truths, your story, as you tackle our writing prompts.  We

Greetings! Here we are in the middle of March, time is surely flying by! I certainly hope everyone out there who is reading this editorial note is doing well? We can’t thank you enough for your time and work as writers and readers of this amazing one of a kind publication, The Beat Within.  One thing we are super excited about is our return to San Quentin. At this point, we are good to go to connect with our writers and friends, whom we have not seen or embraced in over 2 years, thanks to this pandemic.  The loyalty and

Welcome Beat editorial note readers to this latest double issue, 27.07/08, of writing and art from inside juvenile hall and beyond.  Before you begin to flip through this one-of-a-kind issue of writing and art from our many standout contributors, we hope you will take a moment to read our editorial note. This week we are all in for a treat, as our dear friend and colleague, Alyssa, steps up to write this latest editorial note, giving OT a well-deserved break.  For those of you who know Alyssa, lucky you, she is simply an amazing colleague, facilitator, and friend.  We are