Oslo · Every Friday
A weekly table for changemakers. People from every corner of the globe who are already working to make a difference, meeting every Friday to turn good conversations into good work.
What Ubuntu means
Ubuntu is a Southern African way of seeing life: we become who we are through each other. Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela carried the idea to the world. It says your wellbeing is tied to mine, that sharing makes everyone richer, and that a community is something you do, not something you join.
Ubuntu Fridays is our way of practising it. One evening a week, the same open table, a growing circle of people who refuse to accept that the big problems are someone else's job.
Show up
Same day, same table, every week. Trust grows from showing up again and again, and everything good we build starts from that trust.
Share
A contact, an idea, a spare room, an hour of help. We open our networks and our doors to each other, without keeping score.
Act
We leave every Friday with something to do: an introduction to make, a project to back, a neighbour to help. Small acts, every week, add up.
Who comes
People who influence change. The founders and builders behind some of the coolest companies in Norway, sitting at the same table as artists, diplomats and leaders who move things. Everyone comes through someone already in the circle.
We are not here for deals or money. We are here for impact, and because we believe we can make the world better and are crazy enough to try.
Why every week
Big movements rarely start big. They start with a handful of people who keep meeting, keep talking and keep adding wood. Friday is when we add ours.
A Friday evening
Loose on purpose, with a little rhythm so every evening leaves something behind.
Come when you can. Guests come by invitation from someone in the circle.
New guests share their name and the change they are working on.
Someone brings a challenge. The whole table thinks with them.
Before we leave, each of us takes something to do.
The best conversations happen after the official part ends.
Our roots
Ubuntu
A philosophy from Southern Africa that puts people and community at the centre. Several of us have lived and worked there, and it shaped how we see the world.
Our proof
Arendalsuka
Norway's biggest democracy festival grew from people meeting regularly at a bar to talk politics. It reminds us that great things start with friends who keep showing up.
Join us
We are finding our new home in Oslo right now. Until then, the table moves with us. The circle grows by invitation only. If you are a changemaker and know one of us, ask to be brought along.
