DIANE A. SEARS is the United States Coordinator for International Mens Day (www.imd-global.org) a position she has held since 2009; the creator of the
International Day of Prayer for Men and Boys ...view moreDIANE A. SEARS is the United States Coordinator for International Mens Day (www.imd-global.org) a position she has held since 2009; the creator of the
International Day of Prayer for Men and Boys which launches the United States observance of International Mens Day; Chair, USA 2012-2022 International Mens Day
Ten Year Plan Committee; a member of the International Mens Day Coordination Committee where she represents the United States; Editor of a book on Fatherhood
and Mens Issues IN SEARCH OF FATHERHOOD -- TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES (www.xlibris.com); and Managing Editor of a quarterly Fatherhood and Mens Issues
Journal IN SEARCH OF FATHERHOOD -- which moderates a Global Dialogue on Fatherhood. The concept for IN SEARCH OF FATHERHOOD was created by Sears
mentor, the late L.T. HENRY, a classically trained jazz musician who briefly performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and was a former drummer for internationally
acclaimed songstress and film and television actress MS. DELLA REESE; author; photojournalist; and sales and success motivation trainer who died in March 1999
a concept Ms. Sears has resurrected. MS. SEARS serves as an External Board Member of the results-oriented two-tiered FATHERS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER
created by members of United Community Action Network (U-CAN) at SCI Graterford which is designed to eradicate Fatherlessness and intergenerationa
l incarceration. MS. SEARS work on Fatherhood and Mens Issues has received global attention as evidenced in a 2009 International Mens Day speech given
on the floor of the Western Australian Parliament by THE HONORABLE NICK GOIRAN (http://nickgoiran.com.au/ 2009/12/02/ international-mens-day-adjournment-
debate-speech/). A member of the University Council for Akamai Universitys Fatherhood and Mens Studies Program (www.akamaiuniversity.us) which is located
in Hilo, Hawaii, SEARS advises the President of Akamai University on Fatherhood issues and assists him in the enhancement of the institutions Fatherhood and
Mens Studies curriculum and in forming strategic alliances with national and international Fatherhood organizations. She is also a member of the National Affinity
Network for The Boys Initiative (www.theboysinitiative.org) which is headquartered in Washington, D.C.view less