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In My Section is a community-centered, culturally responsive arts education organization focused on creating consistent, revolutionary, and tangible artistic infrastructure for youth poets, rappers, and writers in East Contra Costa County

06/24/2026

PITTSBURG PRODIGIES ROADTRIP TO BIGFOOT POETRY FESTIVAL 2026 PORTLAND OREGON!!

Last summer the Prodigies and Youth Speaks Seattle dreamed up a west coast youth poetry meet up at the most prestigious adult poetry comp in the country, Bigfoot Poetry Festival and a year later and much organizing later we made it happen!! In My Section will be fielding a team for the national comp and individual youth poets for the youth slam 🔥🔥🔥Much love to Perdis and Julia from Seattle and Bigfoot for being comrades in the organizing, and much love to our funders East Bay Community Foundation and Supervisor Shanelle Scales-Preston for making the this financially possible. The adventure begins, vámonos!!

05/25/2026

IN MY SECTION STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Deputy Director and OG PRODIGY GABRIEL PEREZ CANO!! CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATE!!!🪶🧡🌿

For those who don’t already know this legend, Gabriel is a Chicano orgulloso born and raised here in the P, and joined the original PHS Slam Club back in 2017 as a sophomore. He went on to become one of the founding members of the Pittsburg Prodigies in 2019, now one of the most successful you poetry teams in the county. He has been serving his community and putting on for Raza ever since, including key leadership roles in LMCs Puente program, LantinE Club, LatAm club, F.I.R.M.E, and of course In My Section. Gabriel IS In My Section, and has filled every role imaginable to run our shows, after school programs, and yearly travel for competition. He has served as keynote speaker and a featured poet for rallies and shows across the deep east, and has been honored with Legacy awards and community awards from LMC and IMS. Gabriel comes to every practice, every show, and is there for EVERYONE!! This is what REAL COMMUNITY DEDICATION looks like! Gabriel’s legacy is cemented as a man of the people, an exceptional organizer and poet, and as a young man who embodied off the streets, onto stages. We are forever in your debt 🤲🏼🌿

Gabe crossed the stage on Friday to receive his AA, and is officially enrolling at SFSU in the fall, majoring in Chicano Studies and Native American studies 🥹🪶Gabriel we love you carnal, bien hecho. ¡Órale! Xayaatspanee ota miko, yaxap’!!

05/16/2026

PSA from our new youth Co-President for 2026-2027 Noemi🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️!!
YEEE ITS SHOWCASE SEASON IN THE P!!! SIGN UPS IN OUR BIO!

Since 2017 the Prodigies Showcase has featured Pittsburg Poets, rhymers, and musicians one last time before our seniors walk that stage. Because we believe that poetry and the arts are about COMMUNITY, UPLIFTING our gente, and TRANSFORMING our realities for the better, the Showcase is always open to Slam Club & Pittsburg Prodigies Alumni, Pittsburg Community Members, Elders, PUSD Staff, and our greater multigenerational poetry community across the Bay Area! Come hear some of the best youth poets, emcees, and professional artists in the entire Bay Area spit one last time before summer! Don’t miss this opportunity to support our young artist community here in the P.

WHAT: Rhymes, Poems, Music, Food, and good vibes!
WHEN: Saturday May 23rd, 5-8pm
WHERE: John Buckley Square, 525 Railroad Ave., Pittsburg CA
PRICE: FREE

05/12/2026

MC OLYMPICS 2026 was STACKED!!! Congrats to Prodigies .b.moments for officially becoming a TWO-TIME MCO Champion and to for taking top 3 alongside the bros!! A total of 6 former prodigies blessed this mic in the mission—the deep east bay and the P are proud gentleman🫡🫡🫡Everybody won this weekend the vibes cut through the cold weather and the venue trying to kick us out😂 LOVE TO THE EMCEES, YALL CARRY THE CULTURE!! We can’t lose as long as you keep making bangers and speaking your truths🔥🔥🔥

LOVE also to Zoe, Aleah, and the entire team for giving our rhymers a platform and getting them PAID. Community stronger than ever. The marathon continues!!

WE OFF THE STREETS AND ONTO STAGE!!

05/01/2026

P WHAAATTT?! ITS SHOWCASE SEASON IN THE P!!! PERFORMER SIGN UPS IN OUR BIO!

Since 2017 the Prodigies Showcase has featured Pittsburg Poets, rhymers, and musicians one last time before our seniors walk that stage. Because we believe that poetry and the arts are about COMMUNITY, UPLIFTING our gente, and TRANSFORMING our realities for the better, the Showcase is always open to Slam Club & Pittsburg Prodigies Alumni, Pittsburg Community Members, Elders, PUSD Staff, and our greater multigenerational poetry community across the Bay Area! Come hear some of the best youth poets, emcees, and professional artists in the entire Bay Area spit one last time before summer! Don’t miss this opportunity to support our young artist community here in the P. FOR US BY US YOU SHMELL ME!!!

WHAT: Rhymes, Poems, Music, Food, and good vibes!
WHEN: Saturday May 23rd, 5-8pm
WHERE: John Buckley Square, 525 Railroad Ave., Pittsburg CA
PRICE: FREE

04/30/2026

📸: FIRE IN MY SECTION ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: SOOS (also known as iiamsoos) is a rising musical artist and singer-songwriter known for his eclectic, indie-inspired sound. His music often features a blend of indie-pop and R&B, drawing frequent comparisons to artists like Steve Lacy and Malcolm Todd for his guitar-driven melodies and soulful vocals.

FIRE IN MY SECTION: Words are not enough!! We are so proud of this show, the youth who bravely took the stage, and the incredible lead artists for building this memory for our community. This show is why we do it, why we fight for our artists, why we pour into their gifts—our youth have everything they need already in them! We laughed and cried and TURNED UP in the P on that Thursday, but above all we left high on the knowledge that we can ALWAYS find a way, and that our only ceilings are the ones we make ourselves. MIL GRACIAS to the city for showing love, to the orgs who supported the vision, and to the ARTISTS for shining with us! Through the many Fires of our times we are fortified, unified, and unafraid. WE OFF THE STREETS AND ONTO STAGES!! THE DREAM DONT STOP!!

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351 Railroad Ave
Pittsburg, CA
94565

Telephone

+19252856947

Website

https://www.inmysection.org/

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