Category: Editor’s Note

Greetings to our Beat community near and far! We’re happy to have you with us once again for the deep and powerful writing of incarcerated youth across the country.  We’re excited to welcome our colleague Omar Turcios to the editorial section as he introduces us to his new baby boy, Jayden David! We hope you’ll enjoy the story he shares with us of his son’s birth and blossoming personality. Welcome Omar, and welcome Baby David!  Welcome back to another double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. This is the only magazine coming at you every two

Greetings to our Beat Within community! We’re proud to present to you our latest publication 29.45/46, which is, as always, packed with great reflections and insights from our incarcerated youth and adults near and far. We’re happy to have you with us!  This issue’s editorial note is brought to you by two of our interns from Urban High School of San Francisco, who have been working diligently to transcribe parts of our magazine this fall. Our first intern Charlotte writes about the intricacies of identifying with young people her age in the system, as well as the intimacy of getting

Welcome to our brilliant community near and far! The Beat Within is back with another double-dose edition of personal stories, poems, self-reflections, great wisdom, and invaluable insight. The weather may be cooling down but The Beat is going strong as ever, fueled the light and fire within each one of us.  We turn our editorial page over to our longtime friend and colleague, Omar Turcios to take us on a journey of his personal history. Please join us in giving Omar our full attention!   It’s OT once again tasked with giving you guys the positive message of the week.

We welcome back you readers to another great double dose edition of the one and only The Beat Within. Yes, people, this week, you guys are privy to some great writing from our contributors young and OG’s, and you won’t be disappointed.  It’s OT again giving you guys the message of the day, message of the week or message of the month. Once again, I’m going to give you my perspective on the slew of our writing topics. First off, by the time this publication reaches your hand it will be close to Halloween. Many of us grew up, trick-O-treating,

Welcome readers! To another fantastic double edition of the one and only The Beat Within. We are still going strong getting the issue out to you all, as quickly as possible every other week.  First of all, I would like to extend a warm embrace to all you participants that are a part of our writing community, from all the editors, volunteers, typists, teachers, counselors, and to all the participants both youth and adults that step up to the plate speaking your truths, week in and week out.  This is to all of you that make The Beat Within happen.

Greetings far and wide to our Beat Within community! We’re back with another double issue of groundbreaking work from our incarcerated community across the country. We’re turning our editorial note over to our longtime friend and colleague, Omar Turcios. Take it away, Omar! This is the only OT tasked again with bringing you the message for the week. First off plenty of blessings and love sent to each and every one of you. The advice topic was really popular, and I had a feeling it would be.  All you readers, young or a little bit older, said some great things

This is the only OT tasked again with bringing you the message for the week. First off plenty of blessings and love sent to each and every one of you. The advice topic was really popular, and I had a feeling it would be.  All you readers, young or a little bit older, said some great things about who you take advice from. You even detailed situations, and many of you shared an example of a time you took some advice. I was really inspired by all you guys and gals, writing, that I want to go ahead and touch

We welcome you readers back to another double dose edition of the one and only Magazine that’s being published every other week. It’s the one and only OT tasked with bringing you guys the golden message of positivity this week. I was planning to give my opinion on a couple of these weekly topics, but because one of you amazing young people wrote about something that really struck a chord within the strings of my heart so I’m gone take a different route.  Take a look at where you’re at. I take a look at where I’m at every single

The month of July was hard, July hurts. Marking one year since our fearless leader the founder of The Beat Within and my dearest, beloved husband, best friend and business partner David Inocencio left this world. I believe his heart was too pure, gentle and good for this cruel world, so the Lord called him home, I hope you are resting in peace by his side. July also marks our wedding anniversary and we also matched the day of our first date. This July we would have celebrated fifteen years together and nine years married. I thought we were going to have

Greetings to our Beat writers, readers, and community members. We’re thrilled as always to bring you our latest publication of The Beat Within. Every other week when our issue goes to print, we’re in awe of the writing and testimony that comes forth from each person we have the privilege to publish in our pages.  This issue brings lots of great writing on learning to compromise, how each of us defines independence, where we’re from, and paying attention — among so much more! Before we dive into our contributors’ wonderful pieces, we turn our editorial note over to four of