Do you know about the secret history of Monopoly and it’s (real) inventor, Lizzie Magie? In the early 1900s, Lizzie Magie, who was an early feminist and established activist, invented a surprisingly popular game that she called The Landlord’s Game. The game turned into an underground sensation: anyone from college students to parents would make[…]
Have an activist in your life? Maybe they are a lifelong organizer, or recent events have lit a new fire under them? Either way, our Holiday Gift Guide for Activists (below) can help you find something special for the people who mean the most to you: from board games to apparel and puzzles. Plus – almost everything is discounted! Whether you’re[…]
Instead of just going back to the way things were, we must reinvent and build the world we want. And to make the world we want, we will need imagination, vision, and hard work.
These are the perfect gift ideas for people who want to make the world a better place: board games, books, apparel, art, and more.
Social Justice Gift Ideas – Appreciate the Activists in Your Life This Holiday Season with Games and Books! This holiday season, buy gifts for activists that are not just thoughtful, but also support independent artists, makers, and movements. At the TESA Collective, a worker-owned cooperative and creators of Rise Up: The Game of People and[…]
TESA is getting ready to launch our next board game: Rise Up: The Game of Movements. We need your help to give it a catchy, appealing slogan! Tell us which option is your favorite below, or write in your own idea. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts. Rise Up is TESA’s new board game[…]
Our first game, Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives, has been distributed to over thirty countries and used in homes, classrooms, and movement building spaces. It’s success is largely due to the fact that it is a simple game to pick up while also managing to get across a powerful message. And, of course, it’s a[…]
Who said the revolution can’t be fun? The world’s changing: students, neighbors, workers, and everyday people are organizing and building movements to take on corrupt corporations and unjust systems. So we at the TESA Collective, the creators of Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives and Loud & Proud, are making RISE – a board game to[…]