Maine · 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Healing is ahuman right.
We are clinicians, advocates, artists, and people in long-term recovery — blending trauma-informed care, grassroots advocacy, and documentary storytelling to challenge stigma across Maine.
We exist to end the stigma around mental health in Maine.
Common Ground Friends is a Maine-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by clinicians, advocates, and people in long-term recovery. We believe healing is a human right — and that the biggest barrier to it is not a lack of compassion, but the silence and shame that stigma creates. So we work project by project to replace judgment with understanding: through documentary storytelling, community gatherings, and a clinical foundation built on trauma-informed care.
We document
We make documentary film that puts a human face on Maine's mental health and homelessness crisis — starting with our feature film InhuMAINE, shot over 19 months in Bangor.
We convene
We bring communities together through screenings, panels, and honest public conversation — in Maine town halls, schools, festivals, and conferences across the Northeast.
We care
We hold a Maine state license for trauma-informed outpatient and counseling services. We are not currently accepting new clients, but care remains at the heart of who we are.
InhuMAINE
Official Trailer
A clinical, social-justice, and narrative exploration of chronic homelessness, systemic failure, and human resilience in Bangor, Maine.
This is not a film about homelessness, but of a crisis of humanity. Bangor becomes a lens — a microcosm mirroring communities across America. InhuMAINE challenges the viewer to look closer, and to remember that all important matters are invisible until we learn to see them.
Runtime
78 min
Location
Bangor, ME
Documentarian
Rogan O'Donnell, MS
Continuing Ed
3 CEUs
Streaming is hosted on an external platform; your donation supports our 501(c)(3) mission.
Endorsed by Husson University's Graduate Counseling Program (NBCC ACEP #4537) and approved for 3 CEUs — a practice-enhancing educational tool for behavioral and mental health professionals.
Monadnock International Film Festival
InhuMAINE has been selected for the Monadnock International Film Festival in Keene, New Hampshire — screening this October.
Keene, NH · October
Festival SiteNew York Public Welfare Association
Presented in a private screening for New York State social service leaders at the NYPWA Conference — opening an exchange on homelessness, mental health, and the behavioral health system.
New York State
Read on CBS6 AlbanyChenango County, New York
Screened at the Norwich High School auditorium with a filmmaker Q&A and a resource panel moderated by the Chenango County Commissioner of Social Services.
Norwich, NY
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Screenings & Selections
9
Communities Reached
4
Film Festivals
3
CEUs Per Screening
Where the film has traveled.
From Maine campuses to international festivals, every screening opens another honest conversation about mental health, homelessness, and stigma.
Three threads, one common ground.
We refuse the silos that keep care fragmented. Outpatient care, community, and art are not separate missions — they are one continuous act of seeing people fully.
Outpatient Services
Licensed outpatient and counseling care rooted in evidence-based, trauma-informed practice — built on the belief that recovery is a human right. We are currently not accepting new clients, but the door to conversation is always open.
Community
Connection is our core. Through grassroots partnership and case management, we help people experiencing homelessness and instability navigate housing, healthcare, and belonging — because healing happens when people are seen.
Art
Documentary storytelling that restores visibility and narrative agency to the unseen. Our film InhuMAINE fuses advocacy and narrative healing into a gut-level call to action.
Common Ground Friends offers outpatient and counseling services under our state license. We are currently not accepting new outpatient clients. For questions about future availability, reach out at hello@commongroundfriends.com.
Bridges, not silos.
From the frontlines of crisis care to the halls of policy reform, we partner across the state to expand access, elevate lived experience, and amplify solutions that work.
Rogan O'Donnell, MS
Founder · Documentarian
Clinician, advocate, and filmmaker. Rogan spent 19 months documenting the humanity behind Bangor's homelessness crisis — creating InhuMAINE and carrying its conversation into festivals, classrooms, and policy rooms across the Northeast.
Sazha Ramos
Clinical Social Worker · Navy Veteran
Founder of Recovery Organization Resources, Sazha has spent her career at the intersection of recovery, veteran care, and behavioral health — from the VA to national treatment programs — working to disrupt the narratives around addiction.
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Dusk on the WaterSupportSolutionsHelp is real, and it's free.
If you or someone you love is struggling with mental health, substance use, or homelessness, these trusted services can help right now — no cost, no judgment.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
Free, confidential support for anyone in distress — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere in the U.S.
Call 988Maine Crisis Line
1-888-568-1112
Maine's statewide crisis line, staffed around the clock by trained crisis specialists for mental health and substance use emergencies.
Call the Crisis LineNAMI Maine Helpline
1-800-464-5767
Support, education, and referrals for Mainers living with mental illness and the people who love them, from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Visit NAMI Maine211 Maine
Dial 211
Free, confidential connection to housing, food, healthcare, and recovery resources in your Maine community — by phone, text, or online.
Visit 211maine.orgIn a life-threatening emergency, always call 911. Common Ground Friends is not a crisis service and is currently not accepting outpatient clients.
This work belongs to all of us.
Host a Screening
Bring InhuMAINE to your school, town hall, recovery organization, or conference — we'll help you plan it, usually with a filmmaker Q&A.
Email Us to HostVolunteer
Lend your time and talents — helping at screenings, community events, and outreach projects that challenge stigma across Maine.
Donate
Every gift funds free community screenings, documentary storytelling, and grassroots projects. We are a 501(c)(3) — donations are tax-deductible.
Give Todayhello@commongroundfriends.com · (207) 300-5838