Category: Editor’s Note

Greetings friends…. Here we are embracing the last days of March, with Spring in the air, as we go into the month of April.  Plenty happening in our world, and we can only hope life is treating you and your loved ones well.  Remember to take the time to show some love to the ones you care about the most.  This week we have OT back in the pages of the editorial note. We welcome you readers back to another powerful edition, 28.11/12, of The Beat Within. This is OT reporting live to you from the hot volcanic rocks and

Welcome back friends to another amazing issue of The Beat Within. This latest issue, 28.09/10, is packed with plenty of stellar submissions that will truly inspire and give hope to us readers.  We are quite impressed with all of you writers who embrace this opportunity to write and share a part of yourself through our weekly writing prompts. Young and old, you all have plenty to say, and this platform, which has been embraced for over 26 years, is essential in our efforts to touch lives and make a small difference in our community and hopefully beyond.  Thank you all

Greetings Here we are, late February 2023. It is very hard to believe how fast time is already flying by… Where does the time go?  One minute we’re preparing for the holidays, completing our year-end issue, and winter break, and the next minute we are embracing the early days of 2023, and now the month of February, with March around the corner.  Wow! Hard to believe this amazing double issue, 28.07/08, is completed and ready for your eyes.  Usually, you get to hear from our friend, OT, in this editorial note, who is always amazing with his stories and updates,

Greetings friends! Welcome to our latest issue, 28.05/06, of The Beat Within.  We are thrilled to bring you our latest issue of writing and art from the inside and beyond.  This week OT, has plenty to share and with space being a premium,  let’s cut to the chase and pass the keyboard to our dear colleague. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” -Drake Before I get into my message, I would like to let y’all know that this editorial note is dedicated to the great writers and colleagues inside San Quentin that contribute, write

The latest Beat is back in your hands with more insightful writing and art for you amazing supporters, friends, colleagues, partners, writers and artists. This latest issue, 28.03/04, which you are holding will certainly give you plenty of inspiration and insights as you flip from page to page, while reading many of the different entries from around the state and beyond. It’s OT coming to you guys live and direct.  This latest editorial note was inspired by one of the writing prompts this week which was the words from the wise quote of the week. “I really get motivated when

Happy 2023 to all you wonderful readers, writers, artists, followers, friends, associates, colleagues, and the curious.  Welcome to the first issue of the new year! As is our tradition at The Beat Within, we will showcase all the covers from our past year of 2022.  We truly had plenty of amazing artists sharing their talents with The Beat Within community, and we anticipate more of the same going into this new year. If you see a cover you might have missed, please do not hesitate to reach out to us and request the issue you need.  As always, OT is

Season Greetings friends and lovers of The Beat Within. We truly appreciate all your support in helping us be the best possible program we can be.  26 years and counting, what a journey! We are totally grateful for what you courageously bring to the table, if you are a writer, an artist, a facilitator, typist, supporter or community partner. We could not do this work without you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you do. This is truly a team effort. What you have in your hands is our year end issue.  50 weeks of writing

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