ODETTA WRIGHT, VIRGINIA (USA) REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR 2012 INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY TALKS TO THE DAD SHOW

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (USA) -- 29 October 2012 – Actress, playwright, film producer, Co-Founder of Father Figure Enterprises, LLC (www.fatherfigure.org) and Virginia (USA) Regional Coordinator for 2012 International Men’s Day, Mrs. Odetta Wright, will be featured on The Dad Show (www.DadShow.com) on Tuesday, 30 October 2012.  

Mrs. Wright will talk to Mr. Kenneth Thompson, Sr., the host of The Dad Show which airs from 6:00 P.M. (United States Central Time) through 7:00 P.M. (United States Central Time) on KAZI Radio – 88.7 FM – in Austin, Texas, about her leadership role for International Men’s Day; the “2012-2012: International Men’s Day Ten Year Plan” designed by Botswana International Men’s Day Coordinator for 2012 International Men’s Day Ms. Geneuvive Twala, which is being implemented in the United States; and the “Men of Tomorrow” Rites of Passage Mentoring Program which was launched in partnership with Mrs. Wright by the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church (www.ndec.net) in Richmond, Virginia on 2011 International Men’s Day. The mentoring program will be launched in Gaborone, Botswana on 2012 International Men’s Day by Ms. Geneuvive Twala, the Botswana Coordinator for 2012 International Men’s Day. Mrs. Wright will be joined by Elder Thomas Powell of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church who serves as the Coordinator for the “Men of Tomorrow” Rites of Passage Mentoring Program in the United States. The “Men of Tomorrow” Rites of Passage Mentoring Program was created by Bishop Gerald Glenn of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church. 

 International Men’s Day (https://sites.google.com/a/imd-global.org/ international-mens-day/) was inaugurated in 1999 by Jerome Teelucksingh, Ph.D., a faculty member in the History Department at the University of West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the International Men’s Day Coordination Committee. Observed in over 60 nations throughout our global village, International Men’s Day shares a 48-hour partnership with Universal Children’s Day which is celebrated worldwide on 20th November of each year and is endorsed by the United Nations. The Dad Show streams live on the Internet on www.KAZIFM.org and www.DadShow.com and the audience can join the conversation with Mrs. Wright and Elder Powell by calling 512-451-5624 or 1-866-451-5624.