We're building an airborne aware home in NYC.
A permanent space where showing up for public life never means giving up access and care.
Almost a year ago, Positive Deviance NYC began with a simple refusal: we would not accept that participating in public life had to mean giving up access and care.
People want to dance, learn, celebrate, create, organize, work, rest, and be together — without explaining why clean air matters, or apologizing for wearing a mask.
mask-positive
Concerts, dance parties, listening sessions, author talks, game nights — every gathering built from scratch, with clean air and care designed in from the door.
A COVID-conscious space of our own.
Without a home, we rebuild every event from scratch. A permanent space means accessibility is built in so the community can just show up.
HEPA + Far-UVC, built in
Clean air engineered into the room, not improvised for each event.
Masks are the norm
High-quality masks provided and expected — no apologies, no explaining.
Room for everything
Classes, co-working, art, nightlife, family programming, and rest.
Host your own
A place to run events without reinventing clean-air protocols each time.
Worker-owned
A cooperative rooted in care — owned and run by the people who build it.
A better way
to be together.
Three ways to make it real.
Become a member
Sustain mask-positive events year-round. Members keep the lights on and the air clean.
Join →Contribute
A one-time gift funds the next phase — securing a space, filtration, and programming.
Donate →Invest & partner
Connect us with donors, grantmakers, co-op finance, and investors who fund care.
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