The Truth Staff
The men of HeForShe held a Mix & Mingle on Saturday, March 28, at the Women of Toledo’s buildHerstudio and helped a number of young women assemble toolboxes while continuing to provide them with the tools to create, build and lead with confidence.
HeForShe is a United Way Women’s solidarity movement for gender equality which invites men and boys to build on the effort of the women’s movement to create a vision of equality which will benefit all of humanity.
The movement was launched in 2014 by UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and English actress Emma Watson (then UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador).
This past Saturday’s Mix & Mingle was also a fundraising effort.
“We are building toolboxes that young women are going to decorate and we will sell,” said Julia LaBay, an artist and the program coordinator for WOT.
HeForShe is a way to allow men to play a role is supporting women’s economic empowerment. “This is our way to support that effort,” said Jonathan Dorcely, chair of the Toledo HeForShe organization.
Among the men joining Dorcely on Saturday was Blair Jonhson, a local contractor and one-time candidate for Toledo City Council. Johnson supplied the wood for the toolboxes and has been instrumental in the past with constructing much needed functional items for the buildHerstudio site.
