# @alexisohanian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DNiSXlohu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30751507-alexisohanian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-04-16T17:30:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Alexis Ohanian Sr. (@alexisohanian) — https://gondola.cc/alexisohanian

## Caption

Yesterday, Governor Cuomo said he’s issuing an executive order requiring all New Yorkers to wear a  mask or face covering while in public. Now one of the teams I’ve worked with for years, wearatoms, is converting their production capacity using experienced factories in Korea into making copper-infused masks for everyday wear that can be washed up to 30 times.⁣
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Not only that, they are setting up a buy-one, donate-one system for people to help fund donations of masks to the NYC Housing Authority. We know that COVID-19 is reshaping our society and will continue to do so, but it gives me hope to see entrepreneurs adapting to help.⁣
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I’m kickstarting this by personally donating 5,000 masks to NYCHA that will go to residents near Atoms’ office & warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In 1983, my parents brought me home from the hospital to an apartment in Fort Greene, just a 10 minute bike-ride from what is now the Atoms headquarters. I love New York City. ⁣
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I know how fortunate I am to be writing this from where I sit today and I know there are communities all across the USA who are going to be disproportionately impacted during this time, even as we start to recover.⁣
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#MaskUp #MasksForAll 🗽😷⁣
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Tap the link in my bio to read more and pre-order your masks.

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