Do you love animals and hate to see them cruelly treated? If so, this group is for you! We'll be getting together all across Maine to talk about animal welfare issues and what you can do to help make Maine a more humane state! I'm Katie and I am the State Director in Maine for The Humane Society of the United States. Please join me as we celebrate animals and confront cruelty!

For many years I had regular Friday night social gatherings of close friends. We'd often vent our frustrations at the stupidity of the system around us that glorified superficial choices and failed to support people.  Sometimes we just hung out, other times we'd work on a project together.  We'd show up at a friends house with five vehicles for  a one-day household move that ended with pizza and laughter instead of frustration and stubbed toes.  We had movie nights and made mead and hosted dinne …