Who Cares? | Shared Table Picnic (For Men*)
Shared Table Dinners are a ritual of Oneliness, practiced the way we’ve always gathered: around food, presence, and questions that move us.
For men and persons who have been socialized as boys or men.
What do you care about most? Who? How do you show it — and do you expect something back? How do you care for yourself? For the men in your life? And when do you actually feel cared for?
We live in a society that has handed care off as “something female and feminine”, and then paid women less for it, or nothing at all. The work of tending, nurturing, showing up. It holds everything together while remaining unseen, unspoken, taken for granted.
For this outdoor Shared Table edition, we want to tend to care itself—and our relationship to it.
Come join us for a sunny afternoon in Hasenheide. ☀️ We close at 19:30, with an open invitation to linger for those who feel like it.
Co-hosted by Jindy Mann, founder of Leader.Brother.Son; Jack Becher, creator of Beyond Patriarchy; and Monika Jiang, writer and community builder with The Oneliness Project
Ps. The specific spot in the park will be shared with attendees closer to the date.
🍚 What to Expect & Bring
Shared Table Dinners are experience-first gatherings — intentionally designed and gently facilitated, without a fixed script. We come together to eat, listen, and explore questions that matter. This one just happens to be outside.
We're designing it as a relaxed afternoon on the grass, there'll be a loose structure, good prompts, and plenty of time to just be. We'll take care of the setup, plates, and cutlery. You bring something to share (vegetarian) — homemade or store-bought, both welcome. Think: a salad, a spread, something sweet, a drink, whatever found you on your way. 🍫
We close at 19:30 with the invitation to hang a little longer for those who feel like it.
💛 Contribution & Accessibility
Shared Table Dinners are carefully designed, facilitated experiences—hours of prep, cooking, conversation, and care go into making each gathering special. Your contribution keeps these dinners alive and accessible.
All contributions are shared equally between C*Space (our community home) and Monika Jiang / the hosting team.
10 € — Your Seat at the Table
You get a spot to join the conversation, share food, and be part of the magic. Minimal, but enough to keep the door open.15 € — Give Back a Little
Covers basic costs and some of the host’s time. You’re helping keep the lights on while showing up fully.20+ € — Sustain Community
For those who want to see Shared Table Dinners continue and grow! Your generosity sustains the space, the hosting work, and allows others to participate at lower contributions.
Choose what feels right, and know that every contribution is part of the community in action. 💛 Thank you!
About the Host(s) 🤸♀️ & Space
Monika Jiang is a writer, curator, and community builder, and the creator of The Oneliness Project. She started Shared Table Dinners as part of her exploration into loneliness and oneliness — as personal, social, and cultural experiences — and how we can practice reconnection with ourselves, others, and the world. Her gatherings weave together play, joy, embodiment, and depth of inquiry through movement, reflection, and questions worth sitting with.
Jack Becher is a facilitator of interpersonal and systems change, community organiser, and co-founder of several projects including Beyond Patriarchy and Foundations Earth. Based in Berlin, he has been part of the C*Space community from the beginning — and has been running men's spaces long enough to know what makes them work.
Jindy Mann is a leadership coach, organisational facilitator, and the person in the room most likely to ask the question nobody else thought to ask. Based in Berlin, his work centres on one question — what's really going on? — and he has spent years bringing that question into men's groups, organisations, and conversations that matter.