Welcome!

Campus Icarus groups consist of students who see a need on their campus to organize a community committed to expanding the dialogue around student mental health, providing peer support alternatives to school counseling center services, developing activist campaigns, creating art, and engaging in nontraditional academic exploration of “psy”-subjects.

If you're interested in starting a Campus Icarus group at your school, explore this site and the campus forums for inspiration. You can also join our working group (https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/campusicarus). Please contribute your stories, organizing experiences, and questions!

This summer, a group of organizers in NYC has been meeting regularly to coordinate the development of Campus Icarus, and have amassed a number of resources with tips, tricks, and support for launching a group on your campus.

If you have questions or comments, send an email to: campus(at)theicarusproject(dot)net.

| Campus Icarus discussion forums
| Campus Icarus Working Group
| Popular Education materials
| Local Group organizing manual
| General Resources page
| Gallatin Campus Icarus Gallery

Campus Icarus Updates: 2011

Related topics:

Updates from coast-to-coast. Brad Will on Madness Studies, updates from former Icarus intern Neil Gong, and happenings at Evergreen State College in Washington.

Campus Icarus Student Organizing Materials for Download

Campus Icarus student organizing materials, for downloading and printing:

Campus Icarus FAQ

Campus Icarus Guide-Cover

Campus Icarus Guide

Campus Icarus Postcard-Front

Campus Icarus Postcard-Back

 

 

 

 

questions? email: campus(at)theicarusproject(dot)net

Mad Gifts: An Art Show

The Icarus Project is curating a Northeast regional art show at Small World Coffee in Princeton, NJ for the month of November. 

flyer by TheAntisocialite ->

 


Zine by Minneapolis Icarus Student

Download the beautiful 40-page zine, "A Student's Guide To Mental Health", at https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/files/a_students_guide_to_mental_health.pdf

Gallatin/NYU Campus Icarus - A Student Organizer's Journal

Icarus on Campus: Charting the Course

In December 2008, a couple months and a winter break away from when my semester as an Icarus Intern actually began, a brainstorming meeting with our club’s academic advisor Brad Lewis yielded the following concepts. We discussed what “creating a culture” involves; in some ways that would be our mission. The previous semesters in which The Icarus Project slowly seeped into NYU’s student life led to the stage we found ourselves in this past winter. It was time to self-define, to clearly sort out what Campus Icarus meant, what kind of Icarus culture NYU’s community needed most and for which it would make space.

I’m Not Alone in My Struggle -- Writings From An NYU Icarus Intern

As an NYU student who has attempted suicide while at school, I know how important effective outreach is. And I know what isn’t working with the outreach that NYU has in place now. Not that it is ineffective—that is, of course, untrue. I’m sure there have been many, many students who have been reached through UCS and the Wellness Center. However, I also know that there is another large population that is completely turned off by the tactics used by the administration. If I exist, there have to be others like me. Those are the kids that Icarus at NYU aims to reach.

The Suicide Contagion at New York University

The idea of a suicide contagion is that when a suicide occurs in a community it may encourage other members of that community to commit suicide. A suicide contagion may also be referred to a cluster of suicides. In a report published by the New York State Office of Mental Health in 2004, they discussed the idea of a suicide contagion as a special risk factor for college students. The report said, “College students appear to be particularly susceptible to suicide contagion/imitation. In recent years, a number of suicide clusters, usually involving jumping from heights, have been reported on college campuses. Within New York State, apparent suicide clusters have occurred at Cornell University and New York University.” The cluster of suicides at NYU occurred during the 2003-2004 academic year and was heavily publicized by the media. This episode of a suicide cluster instilled much fear in the NYU administration.
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