Last year, Manchester Christian Church in New Hampshire decided that they were sick of the wanton consumerism that has come to define the Christmas season. With the help of Advent Conspiracy, they decided to do things a bit differently. So they opened up their church early on Black Friday, and invited their community to purchase fair trade holiday gifts, and use their spending to bring restoration to some of the world’s most desperate people. We think it was a pretty cool way to subvert consumerism and promote equity (and get some cool gifts). We thought it was a cool idea, so we asked them to put together a little video describing the process. Check it out below and let us know what you think.

Trade as One from Peter Marshall on Vimeo.