Originally from Brooklyn, NY, I am a native of FL since 1990.
In 1975 I received a BS in Communication Arts from Cornell
University. Subsequently I studied Medicine in Guadalajara,
Mexico, in Spanish, and finished my medical school training in
1979 at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Retired in 2007, for many years I practiced as a General
Practitioner, and later on I became licensed as a Civil Surgeon
for the Department of Homeland Security, as well as DEA
licensed to treat Opioid Addiction outpatient. With my
Communications degree I have become a credentialed
broadcast journalist and I did serve as part of the White House
Press pool when President Obama visited the Everglades for
Earth Day 2015. Additionally I was credentialed press at the
most recent UN Climate conference in Spain, COP25. I have
been broadcasting on local AM radio for many many years
now.
As a physician I worked in ERs, had a primary care practice in
OH, and in Florida; I served as a Civil Surgeon for the
Department of Homeland Security and I ran an outpatient
Opioid Detox Center in Sarasota. Throughout my career as a
physician, I have been very politically active, including having
served as a Delegate to the AMA, as well as a serving on the
Board of the Belmont Co. American Cancer Society, and other
boards. At a grassroots level, I served as a 2016 Democratic
National Delegate at the convention in Philadelphia. Since then
I founded #Indivisible CD-16 FL on 1.23.2017. I am an active
board member of the Democratic Environmental Caucus of
Florida, as well as the Environmental Caucus of Sarasota
County Democrats and the Sarasota-Charlotte Democratic
Progressive Caucus. I served on the bylaws committee of the
DECF for six months and during the last round of county
legislative delegation meetings that we had I presented a
proposed bill that I wrote amending a Florida statue to
nine different counties.
I have always been a nature enthusiast, and I am a published
scientist. My publications include The Lancet medical journal,
The AMA newsletter, a multitude of lay healthcare
publications and more recently The Invading Sea and the
Sarasota Herald Tribune. The Sierra Club has been
longstanding passion of mine, and for many years now I have
been a Lifetime Member. In March of 2019, I trained with Al
Gore to be in his Climate Reality Leader Leadership Corps. As a
Climate Reality Leader I give presentations of Al Gore's Climate
Crisis and Solutions. Currently I serve as Chair of Activism of
the Environmental Caucus of Sarasota County Democrats. I co-
host and mentor the Sarasota Students For Climate.
My goal once elected to the Charter Review Board for District 2
is to have an environmental priority established in our county
charter. Maybe a Ready For 100 policy. That and making the
charter work for all citizens, with future development focused
on enriching the lives of the people already living here.
Examples of what I mean as enrichment may be fortifying
infrastructure to meet challenges of our worsening climate;
growth and expansion of shelters and affordable housing for
our service workers and low income citizens; adding shaded
outdoor facilities for recreation; perhaps new infrastructure to
minimize dust pollution. I would like to see access to the arts
expanded for all citizens perhaps with outdoor amphitheaters
similar to what New York City has in their parks. I juxtapose
this to development which would bring in new people at the
expense of those already living here. This is my vision for our
county’s charter. I welcome your ideas.
Doreen Dupont MD
-At Large Director DECF
-Al Gore Trained Climate Reality Leader
-BS Communications Cornell University Agriculture & Life Sciences
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