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Advocacy

Emily Dupree is the founder of the award-winning Clean Air Club, a radical disability rights organization cleaning the indoor air at Chicago's arts events and pioneering a community-oriented public health initiative that emphasizes critical pandemic education and community solidarity.


Public Health Partnerships

The United Nations

Invited founding signatory of “The Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air,” introduced at the UN high-level side event co-hosted by France and Montenegro (2025)

Since founding Clean Air Club, Emily has collaborated with governmental, international, and legal organizations advancing Covid safety and virus justice.

United States Access Board

Invited keynote lecture: “Cleaning Our Indoor Air: A Permanent Solution to the Ongoing Threat of Indoor Transmission of Airborne Pathogens” (2024)

Illinois Department of Public Health

Invited to develop, design, and implement a public health social media campaign on clean air and masking (2026)

ACLU of New York

Invited and quoted signatory on ACLU demand to reject a New York State mask ban (2025)


Press