TESA Collective

{{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox organization | name = TESA Collective | native_name = Toolbox for Education and Social Action | native_name_lang = en | logo = TESA_Collective_logo.png | abbreviation = TESA | formation = 2008<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fernando |first1=Aaron |title=TESA Collective creates custom board games for social change |url=https://www.shareable.net/tesa-collective-creates-custom-board-games-for-social-change/ |website=Shareable |date=7 August 2018}}</ref> | type = [[Worker cooperative]] | purpose = [[Social justice]] education through games and tools | location = Western Massachusetts | products = {{ubl|[[Board game]]s|Educational programs|Documentaries|Interactive webinars}} | website = {{url|www.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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sandoval |first=Marisol |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/From_Corporate_to_Social_Media/RZD8AgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Toolbox+for+Education+and+Social+Action%22&pg=PA238&printsec=frontcover |title=From Corporate to Social Media: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in Media and Communication Industries |date=2014-03-05 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-93605-3 |pages=238 |language=en}}</ref> TESA consciously engages in ethical, social change practices that intend to create healthier communities.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Tierney|first1=Brennan|last2=Shear|first2=Boone|date=October 3, 2017|title=Transforming economies to sustainability, solidarity|work=Daily Hampshire Gazette|url=https://www.gazettenet.com/Columnists-Brennan-Tierney-and-Boone-Shear-describe-how-cooperatives-and-solidarity-economies-can-help-us-learn-to-live-together-in-new-ways-12841750}}</ref>

== Social change games == Creating and publishing games that address issues of social and economic change is a growing trend.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A People's History of Board Games|url=https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2019/08/23/history-board-games-social-change|access-date=January 24, 2022|website=YES! Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> TESA develops projects ranging from [[board game]]s, to documentaries, to interactive [[webinars]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kruse|first=Nyssa|date=June 21, 2017|title=Playing your way to power|work=Daily Hampshire Gazette|url=https://www.gazettenet.com/Movements-inspire-Rise-Up-board-game-10663460}}</ref> In [[Cooperative board game|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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lefton|first=Jacob|date=February 12, 2015|title=Art is slippery: 6 ways you can use it to build peace|work=Devex|url=https://www.devex.com/news/art-is-slippery-6-ways-you-can-use-it-to-build-peace-85398}}</ref>

In ''Rise Up: The Game of People and Power'', players build a social movement and take on an oppressive system.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kronstein|first=Alex|date=January 22, 2018|title=Review: Two board games Father Moses Coady would like (and John Risley would hate)|url=https://nsadvocate.org/2018/01/22/review-two-new-board-games-father-moses-coady-would-like-and-john-risley-would-hate/|access-date=January 24, 2022|website=Nova Scotia Advocate|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Manojlovic |first=Borislava |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Education_for_Sustainable_Peace_and_Conf/OXsyDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Toolbox+for+Education+and+Social+Action%22&pg=PA123&printsec=frontcover |title=Education for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resilient Communities |date=2017-08-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-57171-3 |pages=123 |language=en}}</ref>

''Space Cats Fight Fascism'' is the fourth in a series of [[social justice]] games from the TESA Collective.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 10, 2018|title=Help space cats fight galactic fascism in a new game from TESA Collective|url=https://www.thenews.coop/128430/sector/worker-coops/help-space-cats-fight-galactic-fascism-new-game-tesa-collective/|access-date=January 24, 2022|website=Co-operative News|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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 [[Kickstarter#Unionizing efforts|union drive at Kickstarter]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=This Board Game About Labor Revolts Is Protesting Kickstarter on Kickstarter|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-board-game-about-labor-revolts-is-protesting-kickstarter-on-kickstarter/|access-date=January 24, 2022|website=Vice.com|date=October 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> == See also == * [[Games for Change]]

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== External links == * [https://www.tesacollective.com/ Official website]

[[Category:Worker cooperatives of the United States]] [[Category:Card game publishing companies]] [[Category:Board game publishing companies]] [[Category:Social justice board games]] [[Category:Cooperatives based in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Organizations based in Holyoke, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Political tabletop games]]