Category: Editor’s Note

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

Welcome back, readers and writers of The Beat Within! We’re thrilled to be with you and to present another outstanding publication of writing and artwork from our incarcerated community members near and far. For this issue’s editorial note, we’re inviting three of our interns from Urban High School of San Francisco and their teacher, Courtney Rein, to share their perspectives on transcribing for The Beat Without, the back section of our magazine dedicated to featuring the voices of incarcerated adults. Courtney is also our lead facilitator for workshops in San Quentin State Prison and Central California Women’s Facility.  Please join

Greetings to our Beat Within community! It’s our pleasure to present this latest issue to you, and to continue publishing the deep, personal, and critical work of our incarcerated community across the nation.  This issue’s editorial note features the reflections of three of our interns from Urban High School of San Francisco. Our interns have been hard at work during the school year to ensure that all of authors’ writing makes it to print, and we can’t thank them enough for their dedication. Please join us in welcoming Selah, Ryan, and Mia to our editorial section!   Themes I Could

Welcome readers and writers to yet another marvelous issue of The Beat Within, where incarcerated writers from near and far come together to voice their testimony. It’s a true honor to be a home for your thoughts and experiences, and we’re so grateful to each and every one of you for letting us into your journey.  We’re turning our editorial section over to two of our interns from Urban High School of San Francisco, Julia, and Lucia. Julia gives us a peak into the foundational class that The Beat works alongside with, and Lucia details the tender experience of transcribing

Welcome back, readers and writers, to another groundbreaking issue of The Beat Within! With summer around the corner, we welcome the longer days, the warmer nights, and the opportunity to set our intentions for this new season.   We’re turning the pages of our editorial section over to Jordan and Christopher, who have dedicated these past three months of their senior year to transcribing, editing, and responding to our youth writing. Through Jordan’s reflection, we learn about the specific legacies that our young writers left with their reader, and the hope that Jordan found in each of their pieces. We

Greetings to our Beat Within community near and far! We’re proud to present this latest publication to you, and to feature the groundbreaking writing and artwork of our incarcerated community across the nation. We cherish each and every piece that we publish, and celebrate the resilience and dedication of our writers and readers.  This issue’s editorial note is brought to you by two of our interns from Urban High School of San Francisco, Lelia and Sophie. We appreciate the detail that Lelia goes into about the lessons she’s learned from interning with us, and the deep resonance that Sophie feels

Welcome back readers and writers of The Beat Within! This latest issue is chock full of writing that recognizes the people we depend on to lift us up, what it takes to give and receive an honest apology, the redeeming power of love, our right to fair and equal access to services, imagining the day we will finally be free from the circumstances that bind us, and so much more. We know we say this all the time, but we really can’t say it enough — this issue is one you don’t want to miss!  We’re turning our editorial section

As Spring brings with it more sunshine, longer days, The Beat Within is back again with another incredible issue for your reading pleasure through the extra hours of daylight. Our longtime friend OT, is back today, with a heartfelt story about asking for help from others. A topic that we can all relate to as I know it is often hard for anyone to ask for help. OT really lays it out in a way we can probably all relate to with the daily struggle. Memories From My Adolescence I remember when I first started high school, I didn’t have