Category: Editor’s Note

We are knee deep in Summer, yet the start of school is right around the corner! Where does the time go?  We certainly hope you readers are doing well, staying healthy, while preparing for the upcoming fall season!? If you have been following the news it certainly appears to be yet another challenging season, as we are still dealing with COVID and new variants.  We encourage all of you to continue to wear your masks, wash your hands and be mindful of people’s space. We are hearing of too many good people who are fully vaccinated and are still testing

Better late than never! After nearly 2 years, we finally took a break to celebrate family and friends last week up in Lake Tahoe, CA. It was great to getaway and enjoy this amazing place, especially given how COVID kept us all away until recently, but unfortunately that put the magazine on pause, and we fell a few days behind.  Our apologies.  You may question internally, why could someone not step up in one’s absence, well, as a tiny non-profit, we don’t always have the people power to have folks cover for the good work, but we know you understand,

Greetings! Hard to believe we are now in the month of July! Half the year is gone!! We hope 2021 is moving in the right direction for you all!  We can’t thank you enough for your continued support, as readers and stories. The recent work coming from our very insightful writers is so impressive. We are honored to showcase the amazing talent and heartfelt writings from our young and old, who courageously step up each week to teach and share through their journeys, free and incarcerated.  This latest double issue, 26.25/26, will truly not disappoint.  We are incredibly moved by

Greetings friends! Welcome back to another amazing edition of The Beat Within!  Each issue we put out continues to amaze us with so many great pieces of writing and art that you all share. As the world begins to slowly open up, we are thrilled to return back in person to many of our partnered sites. It is really great to see you writers and staff in person. we  know the feeling is mutual.  The other night we returned for the first time to San Mateo County Youth Services Center, and wow, did we have  fantastic sessions. Plenty of solid

Greetings Beat lovers!  Another week, another Beat for you supportive readers and friends of our amazing publication. This week’s issue is no different, filled with lots of writings from our wonderful workshops, to the submissions that come in unsolicited. We are grateful to you all for believing in this journey and playing such an important role in our success. The last couple issues we have had the honor to showcase the writings from our friend, OT, in Managua, Nicaragua.  This issue we continue with our dear friend and colleague who has played a major role in The Beat Within for

Greetings! It is always an honor to have OT start things off, when it comes to this one-of-a-kind publication, The Beat Within. Our latest issue is packed with thoughtful writings from our amazing young people, who step up in our workshops each week, to our elders, whose desire it is to teach and raise awareness in support of all readers, especially the young people of The Beat Within. This double issue, 26.19/20, is no different, but we do know one thing, it is a one-of-a-kind issue that is making a difference for all who pick up this seventy-two pager to

Another week, another Beat! We would like to welcome you wonderful readers back to another fabulous edition of the one and only The Beat Within, double issue 26.17/18. We would like to extend a warm embrace to every single one of you readers and hope that when you read this you and your loved ones are in best of health spiritually, physically and mentally. Our dear friend OT is back with his insights for all our friends to read straight from the very hot climate of Managua, Nicaragua.  Let’s pass the keyboard to our dear friend and colleague, OT!  Boy

We are thrilled to give you readers this beautiful publication every two weeks, as we slowly but surely approach our 25th year of service (come mid-September) of writing and art from inside juvenile hall and beyond!  Who would have thought that this tiny non-profit based in San Francisco would touch so many lives over the last 25 years? Think about all the publications, all the workshops, all the letters/submissions sent to us, with the desire to be published, to touch a life, to share a story, to educate and inspire!? What an honor to be doing this work with you

Another week another Beat, welcome to another solid double issue of the one and only The Beat Within. We are thrilled to present the latest writings from our weekly groups to those of you who loyally reach out to us independently. Thank you all.  Given the tight deadline we have been on, we are incredibly grateful to bring back one of our most loyal colleagues and friend, OT. This week OT is back to share his thoughts in this latest editorial note.  We are always moved and inspired by our friend and colleague, who despite his location, plays a huge

Welcome back friends to another powerful double issue, 26.11/12, of The Beat Within.  We are incredibly honored to feature the talents of so many thoughtful writers and teachers – inside and out – who courageously share their stories and art with our ever-growing community.  We are learning so much from you all. We can’t thank you enough for embracing The Beat Within.  This week we have our beloved friend and long -time colleague OT, back to share his thoughts in the editorial section of our magazine.  We always know, OT has plenty to share and offer, so without further ado….