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Icaristas from near and far will be gathering at the US Social Forum in Detroit this summer, June 22-26.
The second annual Reelabilities film festival was held this past weekend in the NY metropolitan area. The festival’s mission statement cites “dedication to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities.” In addition to award-winning films the weekend’s events included discussions and other special programs intended to “bring together the community to explore, discuss and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.”
Icarus-NYC local and Icarus intergalactic organized a showcase of creativity in Brooklyn to benefit Icarus efforts - more than 150 people showed up for a fun evening of poetry art and music. Check out the photos, video, and audio from this memorable occasion...

Icaristas Sam Kendakur, Will Hall, and Bonfire Madigan Shive presented at the Rethinking Psychiatric Crisis: Alternative Responses to First Breaks conference in New York City. They joined more than 200 researchers, people with psychiatric diagnoses, policymakers, clinicians, advocates, and family members from several countries including Finland and the UK to discuss effective hospital, labeling, and force alternatives. Check out the slideshow here, and more info at the
Icarus co-coordinator Annie Robinson just had an essay published in the
River swimming, cross country touring, backyard (vegan) barbecuing,
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...
Mental Health Clients and Psychiatric Survivors to Lead Protest of
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!
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...
A slideshow of the recent 11-08 Icarus coordinator collective retreat at High Point Farm in New York state. Thanks to Fountain House for providing the beautiful venue, and to all the participants -- including the lamas and alpacas!
You can now download a free .pdf format version of the wildly successful Icarus zine "Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness: A Reader of Bipolar Worlds," edited by Ashley and Sascha. Check it out in our Resources section, and feel free to spread it around and link to it on other sites:












