Welcome to Icarus
The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework.
We are a network of people living with experiences that are commonly labeled as bipolar or other psychiatric conditions. We believe we have mad gifts to be cultivated and taken care of, rather than diseases or disorders to be suppressed or eliminated. By joining together as individuals and as a community, the intertwined threads of madness and creativity can inspire hope and transformation in an oppressive and damaged world. Our participation in The Icarus Project helps us overcome alienation and tap into the true potential that lies between brilliance and madness.
New to Icarus? Read our Welcome page
Read about our vision and goals
Read the Icarus Organizational Blog
Spring is here! Blossoms on trees, warmer days, melting snow and the re-emergence of green. For more than 6 years the wild, unruly growth that is The Icarus Project has been sending roots deep into the soil and spreading tendrils of radical mental health and mutual support throughout society. With the new season Icarus is doing some spring cleaning as we consolidate the work of the past 6 months and gear up for the energizing times ahead, so here is our Spring 2009 update!
Campus Icarus Project at Evergreen State College organized a week of Mad Pride events June 1-5, including film showings, discussions and presentations, a spoken word gathering, vigil, a string labyrinth in the campus square, acupuncture demonstration, activist strategy, and more...
Icarus just brought another co-coordinator into the Intergalactic collective, this time to work on the Education and Outreach group out of the New York office. Annie has been a key organizer with Gallatin Campus Icarus at NYU. Read more about Annie, check out the Gallatin 
Icarus just hired a new co-coordinator, to focus on campus organizing out of our New York City office! It was a tough decision with many extremely qualified applicants, but we finally settled on Angel Adeyoha. Here's Angel's introduction...
