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DOFLI BLACK LIVES MATTER STATEMENT
Dining Out For Life International (DOFLI) condemns the institutional racism and acts of state violence toward communities of color that have plagued our country for hundreds of years. As a national network of community-based organizations, we stand firmly against any and all acts of oppression toward citizens expressing their First Amendment rights.

DOFLI stands in solidarity with Black communities to demand accountability from law enforcement, to condemn all forms of racism, and to dismantle oppressive systems. We will not be silent about the violence and threats faced by people of color. Change happens not only when we listen, but act.

DOFLI is ready to act. We will immediately take stock of our own practices in order to remove any barriers to equality. We commit to continually evaluating our policies, procedures, and operational standards to ensure they promote equality and equity. In addition to hosting space for listening and discussion around racism, DOFLI will now offer diversity, equity, access, and inclusion training to all organizations within our network.

DOFLI calls on other organizations within and outside our network to join us in supporting Black communities and addressing racial injustice through their work and words, to reflect and identify ways in which we have contributed to upholding racial injustice, and to break down the barriers to equality. From positions of leadership to the composition of boardrooms, we must work vigilantly to not simply promote racial equality, but to demand equity and justice.

covid-19

Dining Out For Life International (DOFLI) must ensure that as a national organization we do our part in flattening the curve to help end the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the DOFLI Board of Directors has recommended to its network of licensed HIV/AIDS Service Organizations that no local in-person Dining Out For Life events be produced before all federal, state, and local governing regulations and CDC recommendations are lifted.

At this time, the DOFLI Board of Directors encourages you to take the following actions:

Visit your community’s page on diningoutforlife.com to see if the licensed organization has postponed its event date, and if so, the new date for your community’s Dining Out For Life event*.
Reach out to the HIV/AIDS Service Organization that produces Dining Out For Life in your community to see how you can help them help the people they serve during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Support the restaurants in your community that are Dining Out For Life participants by purchasing gift certificates or ordering takeout meals when possible.

IMPORTANT: If the organization that produces Dining Out For Life in your city has a date of 12/31/2020 listed, then this means that their event has been postponed but has not yet chosen a date; please check back soon to confirm the new date that Dining Out For Life will be hosted in your city.

As we move through this new landscape together and make decisions based on evolving information, we will continue to provide updates. We encourage you to stay up-to-date with the latest information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic:

CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
World Health Organization (WHO) Coronavirus
State Health Department Websites
Director of Local Health Departments

*Please note that postponed dates are subject to change.

Dining Out For Life® is an annual fundraising event involving the generous participation of volunteers, corporate sponsors and restaurants. The concept is simple: Restaurants donate a generous percent of their sales to a local HIV service organization, and the local HIV service organization fills participating restaurants with diners. Participating is even easier: locate a Dining Out For Life event in a city near you, find a restaurant from the list of participating locations, and on that city’s event date: Dine Out to End HIV.

In 2019, more than 50 local HIV service organizations partnered with 2,400+ participating restaurants, 4,100+ volunteers, and 300,000+ diners to raise an astonishing $4.28 million for people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States and Canada. Best part? All funds raised through a city’s Dining Out For Life event stay in that city to provide help and hope to people living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS.

You can participate too! Find out if your city participates in Dining Out For Life by clicking on the interactive map on the homepage.

If you are interested in local or national partnership opportunities, please email us.

Want to learn more about bringing Dining Out For Life to your city? Email us for information.

Dining Out For Life International Contacts:

John D. Winnett, Board President:
info@diningoutforlife.com

Richard Nacy Warner, Operations Consultant: richard@diningoutforlife.com

IMPORTANT: Please be sure to include your city and state/province when emailing Richard. Thank you.

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