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TESA Collective

TESA Collective (Toolbox for Education and Social Action) is a worker-owned co-op that designs games and tools for social justice organizations. TESA consciously engages in ethical, social change practices that intend to create healthier communities.

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TESA Collective
Toolbox for Education and Social Action
AbbreviationTESA
Formation20081
TypeWorker cooperative
PurposeSocial justice education through games and tools
Location
  • Western Massachusetts
Products
  • Board games
  • Educational programs
  • Documentaries
  • Interactive webinars
Websitewww.tesacollective.com

TESA Collective (Toolbox for Education and Social Action) is a worker-owned co-op that designs games and tools for social justice organizations.2 TESA consciously engages in ethical, social change practices that intend to create healthier communities.3

Social change games

Creating and publishing games that address issues of social and economic change is a growing trend.4 TESA develops projects ranging from board games, to documentaries, to interactive webinars.5 In cooperative games, everyone wins or everyone loses.

Games

Co-opoly is a board game that teaches players the ins and outs of negotiating a Cooperative business.6

In Rise Up: The Game of People and Power, players build a social movement and take on an oppressive system.78

Space Cats Fight Fascism is the fourth in a series of social justice games from the TESA Collective.9

TESA Collective and Jobs with Justice funded a labor organizing game on Kickstarter. In STRIKE!: The Game of Worker Rebellion, players grow their ranks, mobilize workers, and organize strikes around their city. The campaign for the game ran during a union drive at Kickstarter.10

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Fernando, Aaron (August 7, 2018). "TESA Collective creates custom board games for social change". Shareable.
  2. Sandoval, Marisol (March 5, 2014). From Corporate to Social Media: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in Media and Communication Industries. Routledge. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-317-93605-3.
  3. Tierney, Brennan; Shear, Boone (October 3, 2017). "Transforming economies to sustainability, solidarity". Daily Hampshire Gazette.
  4. "A People's History of Board Games". YES! Magazine. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  5. Kruse, Nyssa (June 21, 2017). "Playing your way to power". Daily Hampshire Gazette.
  6. Lefton, Jacob (February 12, 2015). "Art is slippery: 6 ways you can use it to build peace". Devex.
  7. Kronstein, Alex (January 22, 2018). "Review: Two board games Father Moses Coady would like (and John Risley would hate)". Nova Scotia Advocate. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  8. Manojlovic, Borislava (August 23, 2017). Education for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resilient Communities. Springer. p. 123. ISBN 978-3-319-57171-3.
  9. "Help space cats fight galactic fascism in a new game from TESA Collective". Co-operative News. May 10, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  10. "This Board Game About Labor Revolts Is Protesting Kickstarter on Kickstarter". Vice.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
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