The Icarus Project

Welcome To Icarus

The Icarus Project is a radical mental health support network, online community, and alternative media project by and for people struggling with extreme emotional distress that often gets labeled as mental illness. We envision a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework. We believe these experiences are dangerous gifts needing cultivation and care, rather than diseases or disorders. By joining together as individuals and as a community, the intertwined threads of madness, creativity, and collaboration can inspire hope and transformation in an oppressive and damaged world. Participation in The Icarus Project helps us overcome alienation and tap into the true potential that lies between brilliance and madness.

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PsychOUT 2011 in NYC, June 20-21

Submitted by sleepingbuffalo on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 6:09pm

Monday, look for NYC Icarus members at psychOUT 2011: A conference for organizing resistance against psychiatry. It's free to attend, though pre-registration is recommended.

June 20 & 21, 2011
Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
34 Street & 5th Avenue

Community Conference Call this Sunday - 4/17

Submitted by silverelf on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 2:37pm

Come one, come all to an Icarus conference call. Once a month we try to gather Icarus members from all over the country (and world), members with local groups and members without local groups, new members, old members, etc etc etc (basically YOU if you are reading this) to an informal gathering to hear each other's voices and update each other on what's going on in our lives and our communities. Hope to hear you there!

Madness and Motherhood Zine: Call for Entries

Submitted by Icarus Project on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 12:48am

Icarus member FaithRR is looking for submissions for a zine about madness and motherhood. See her thread here.

Mad Pride Week at Evergreen State College!

Submitted by Icarus Project on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 11:03pm

The Icarus Project is seeking submissions for Mad Pride Week, May 16th to May 22nd! Mad Pride Week is a celebration of dangerous gifts commonly labeled as “mental illness.” Instead of the shame, silence, and alienation that we experience in society we are choosing to reclaim our identities and empower ourselves with a week of events, workshops, film showings, community organizing, performances, and more!