11/24/2021
If you are new here, WELCOME SISTER!
And if you have been around awhile, THANK YOU SISTER!
I think this is the perfect time to speak freely about what I (well, really, what God) does here...
👉🏻Why does Arrive Market exist?
Currently, it exists as a vehicle to do ✌🏻 main things:
1️⃣To encourage & empower YOU to use your voice. To convince you through my experiences, honesty, openness & vulnerability that you, my sister, are worthy of influence in this world. And to help you find a way to use that influence to love on those who otherwise may never feel loved.
2️⃣To use fashion & shopping as a means to love others, allow them to feel seen & to end human trafficking (= slavery). As a follower of Christ, I am called to free the oppressed, give freely to the poor & love the orphaned.
🤷🏼♀️How on earth could I ever accomplish these things through shopping?
WELL FIRST... GOD 🙌🏻 He gets all the glory. These are His ideas, His giftings.
Secondly, I only partner with + promote brands who are doing things ethically. No slave labor, no unsafe working conditions, no child labor & no abuse. 💛
I work hard to maintain this as a standard for my brand here + my by partnering with fair trade brands & companies that vow to only use ethical manufacturing practices.
I have a 💛 for brands that either employ survivors of human trafficking or exist to support organizations that are bringing freedom around the world.
Lastly, WE give back.
That's right, WE.
Over the past year or so, we as a social media family, have sponsored a young boy in Cambodia through Rapha International Kids Club.
WE help make it possible for an at-risk boy to go to school and receive health services. We want to do everything we can for these children to prevent them from being trafficked.
I have met these kiddos firsthand. I have danced & played with them. I have seen the joy that is in their hearts because they know someone out there sees them & is willing to stand up for them.
I truly am honored to be your partner on this journey to bring THE true Light to this world. xoxo, Mel 😘