2017
Episode 25- Bad Character is not Mental Illness #Trump. February 13th, 2017. NamingIt Podcast
iTunes: https://t.co/5JGkWo66w6
2016
2015
Social worker helps at-risk youth with hip-hop therapy. September 17, 2015. CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/17/us/cnn-heroes-alvarez/index.html
Hip Hop Therapy / Beats Rhymes and Life. September 18th, 2015. OaklandVoices.com.
http://oaklandvoices.us/hip-hop-therapy-beats-rhymes-and-life/
Kendrick Lamar is Leading the Way for Kids that Suffer from Mental Illness: By tackling emotional trauma head-on, rappers encourage kids to do the same. August 31, 2015. Inverse.com.
A New Home for the Hip-Hop Academy – The new Beats Rhymes and Life headquarters marks an important milestone for the local hip-hop therapy organization. July 22, 2015. East Bay Express.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/a-new-home-for-the-hip-hop-academy/Content?oid=4422728
2014
“Learning To See ‘At-Risk’ Youth As ‘At-Promise’ Youth Requires Turning This Assumption On Its Head”. February 24, 2014. Forbes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2014/02/24/learning-to-see-at-risk-youth-as-at-promise-youth-requires-turning-this-assumption-on-its-head/
Hip Hop therapy moves into its second generation, as survivors become mentors. December 17, 2014. Oakland North.
2013
“Hip Hop as Therapy”. October 11, 2013. KQED Forum.
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201310111000
“The Work of Beats, Rhymes and Life”. January 30, 2014. Coool Flame.
http://www.cooolflame.com/the-work-beats-rhymes-life/
“Truly CA: A Lovely Day”. October 22, 2013. KQED.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/oct/22/truly-ca-lovely-day/
2013. Nashville Film Festival Radio.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/film-festival-radio-/2013/04/19/actors-from-film-a-lovely-day
2012
“Tomas Alvarez teaches kids to beat life’s troubles with rhymes”. October 8, 2012. NBCLatino.
http://nbclatino.com/2012/10/08/tomas-alvarez-teaches-kids-to-beat-lifes-troubles-with-rhymes/
“A Lovely Day: A new documentary highlights Hip-Hop therapy in local high schools”. October 11, 2012. Oakland North.
http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/10/11/a-lovely-day-a-new-documentary-highlights-hip-hop-therapy-in-local-high-schools/
2010
“Documentary Focuses on Hip-Hop Therapy”. March 3, 2010. East Bay Express.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/documentary-focuses-on-hip-hop-therapy/Content?oid=1634967
“Film Documents Oakland Hip-Hop Therapy Program”. February 25, 2010. East Bay Express.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/CultureSpyBlog/archives/2010/02/25/film-documents-oakland-hip-hop-therapy-program
2009
“Beats, Rhymes & Life celebrates its fifth anniversary and CD release”. July 4, 2009. Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/article/beats-rhymes-life-celebrates-its-fifth-anniversary-and-cd-release
2008
“Hip Hop Music as Therapy”. August 18, 2008. New America Media.
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=7ebf4a3d7e1d7cf163188a4f36b2075a