Net Inclusion is happening in Chicago Feb 3-5. If you are (or are thinking about) attending, here’s a bonus opportunity…

Voices of Digital Inclusion: A Creative Showcase of Art, Music, and Words is a 90-minute breakout session at Net Inclusion 2026 grounded in creative expression and community voice. For the second year in a row, this session has been selected for the conference—an affirmation of how vital art, storytelling, and shared expression are to the digital inclusion movement.

This gathering invites people of all backgrounds and creative practices to share what they carry—art, stories, experiences, or reflections. We welcome poets, storytellers, singers, musicians, writers, visual artists, multimedia creators, performers, cultural workers, community organizers, digital stewards, archivists, technologists with a story, educators, students, activists, healers, improvisers, and those who don’t use any of these labels but feel called to share.

At a time when digital inclusion work is facing real pressures—funding cuts, burnout, and widening disparities—we’re carving out space for something both simple and profound: CONNECTION. Through art, music, and words, we gather to reflect, resist, and reconnect with ourselves, our work, and one another.

This creative showcase is a community-rooted space where every emotion is welcome and every voice matters. Whether your medium is poetry, storytelling, song, movement, visuals, memory work, or something entirely your own, we invite you to bring what feels true for you. Your creativity, your story, and your presence help shape a space of care, courage, and belonging.

We are issuing an open call for participants who would like to share during the session. If you feel called to contribute your voice or creative expression, please complete this short interest form.