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06/17/2026

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06/17/2026

06/17/2026

In 1852, Frederick Douglass stood before a crowd in Rochester, New York and asked a question that still hasn't been fully answered: "What, to the slave, is your Fourth of July?"

He wasn't being unpatriotic. He was being precise.

On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Juneteenth reminds us that the promise of freedom and the reality of freedom have never been the same thing — and that the distance between them has always been closed by struggle, not celebration.

This Juneteenth, we're telling the honest story.

Read the full article in this week's Footnotes at jemartisby.substack.com.

06/17/2026

Marian Croak — the mind behind foundational technology powering Zoom, FaceTime, and WhatsApp — has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of history's most influential innovators. With more than 200 patents to her name, her contributions to voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) technology fundamentally reshaped how the world communicates.

Croak's early work in VoIP laid the groundwork for the video and voice calling technology that billions of people now use every single day without ever thinking twice about the engineering behind it. Long before remote work and video calls became part of everyday life, her innovations were quietly building the infrastructure that made all of it possible.

Her induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame is a recognition not just of technical brilliance, but of decades of work that has had an immeasurable impact on global communication. Marian Croak didn't just invent technology — she helped redefine how the world stays connected.

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

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05/21/2026

Please join us as we learn, grow and serve the beloved inside and coming out of jail and prison. If you are interested, please contact [email protected] for more information.

05/15/2026

Nurturing Justice is launching the Beloved Inside Out project to learn, discover, connect and serve. This is an opportunity to serve our Beloveds who are incarcerated or just coming home from prison or jail. A trip to the Equal Justice Initiative is planned for later in the year. DM or email us at [email protected]