{"id":18983,"date":"2026-04-02T18:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=18983"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:26:06","slug":"heforshe-mix-mingle-mixer-produces-toolboxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/heforshe-mix-mingle-mixer-produces-toolboxes\/","title":{"rendered":"HeForShe Mix &#038; Mingle Mixer Produces Toolboxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18985 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Izzy-Nelson-owner-of-Fearfully-and-Wonderfully-Made-and-Lisa-Halsey-owner-of-Elite-Karate-Fitness-and-Wellness-prepare-lunch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Izzy-Nelson-owner-of-Fearfully-and-Wonderfully-Made-and-Lisa-Halsey-owner-of-Elite-Karate-Fitness-and-Wellness-prepare-lunch-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Izzy-Nelson-owner-of-Fearfully-and-Wonderfully-Made-and-Lisa-Halsey-owner-of-Elite-Karate-Fitness-and-Wellness-prepare-lunch-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Izzy-Nelson-owner-of-Fearfully-and-Wonderfully-Made-and-Lisa-Halsey-owner-of-Elite-Karate-Fitness-and-Wellness-prepare-lunch.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> The Truth Staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The men of HeForShe held a Mix &amp; Mingle on Saturday, March 28, at the Women of Toledo\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>HeForShe is a United Way Women\u2019s solidarity movement for gender equality which invites men and boys to build on the effort of the women\u2019s movement to create a vision of equality which will benefit all of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The movement was launched in 2014 by UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and English actress Emma Watson (then UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador).<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18986 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jonathan-Dorcely-completes-a-tool-box-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jonathan-Dorcely-completes-a-tool-box-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jonathan-Dorcely-completes-a-tool-box-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jonathan-Dorcely-completes-a-tool-box.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em>This past Saturday\u2019s Mix &amp; Mingle was also a fundraising effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are building toolboxes that young women are going to decorate and we will sell,\u201d said Julia LaBay, an artist and the program coordinator for WOT.<\/p>\n<p>HeForShe is a way to allow men to play a role is supporting women\u2019s economic empowerment. \u201cThis is our way to support that effort,\u201d said Jonathan Dorcely, chair of the Toledo HeForShe organization.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildherstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buildHerstudio<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18984\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blair-Johnson-demonstrates-the-assembly-of-a-tool-box-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blair-Johnson-demonstrates-the-assembly-of-a-tool-box-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blair-Johnson-demonstrates-the-assembly-of-a-tool-box-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Blair-Johnson-demonstrates-the-assembly-of-a-tool-box.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Truth Staff The men of HeForShe held a Mix &amp; Mingle on Saturday, March 28, at the Women of Toledo\u2019s 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. 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