Join us for a radical community discussion of narratives and strategies in mental health organizing and support hosted by Jacks Ashley McNamara and Sascha Altman DuBrul from the Icarus Project with special guests!

Sunday, Febrary 6, 7-10pm @ Bluestockings

This event is in conjunction with the showing of Crooked Beauty  at the Reelabilities Film Festival. For Crooked Beauty screening times, see the Reelabilities site. 

Sunday, Febrary 6, 7-10pm @ Bluestockings

Last week in San Francisco, local author Ethan Watters spoke to a packed room of Icaristas and friends at the California Institute of Integral Studies about his most recent book: Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche. Ethan's book has been a really successful mainstream critique of the Biopsychiatric model and it was a pleasure having him step into the cultural underground of the Icarus Project for the evening to share ideas. It was a lively discussion which you can listen to here (you might have to download Quicktime 7 if it doesn't work -- sorry for the technical difficulties!)

The Icarus Project Reader Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness is now available in an 11x17" version with scrambled pages ready for printing. You can now get copies printed into books directly from the online file. Thanks to Maamyyra for their design work making the .pdf version.

Download the new version in our Resources section here. 

On the evening of November 5th at Small World Coffee in Princeton, NJ, The Icarus Project’s Mad Gifts Art Show debuted. It proved an environment akin to the community from which it was borne: namely, an open, diverse, and creatively warm group of people. Many came specifically to support Icarus and see Mad Gifts – traveling from New York, Massachusetts, Philadelphia and other surrounding Northeastern areas – but the event also garnered locals who stumbled into the evening – sidetracked by the warm energy after acquiring their usual caffeine fix. The evening included spoken word, live music, and of course the perusing of the many inspired pieces adorning the café’s walls.

Madness Radio just broadcast an hour interview with Sascha DuBrul, Icarus Project co-founder, on the history of Icarus  and his visions for the future, including punk rock, Mad Pride, spirituality, and challenging the identity of bipolar. You can listen to the interview here.

Check out the new zine by Evergreen State College Icarus in Olympia Washington!

UPDATE: The National Empowerment Center has reversed its controversial decision amid public outcry, including the emails and calls of many Icaristas, and the workshop will be restored. Read about the reversal here: http://www.madnessradio.net/update-coming-off-medication-workshop-restored