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 the collective finally settled on Angel Adeyoha. Here is Angel's introduction:

I am a queer, trans, dis/abled activist of mixed-race origin. I'm rather new to the East Coast from San Francisco, and I am really excited to work with The Icarus Project in creating/changing language and perception around madness. I am an advocate of self-determination, self-definition and community support. My experiences within the mental health circus, as someone who has been 'diagnosed' with GID, generalized anxiety, OCD, hypomania, etc. have often been far from supportive. That's been a big part of my motivation to help work towards a model of mental health care that is inclusive, accessible and person-driven vs. driven by profits or consumer models.

I've trained in peer counseling, anti-oppression facilitation and have served on the speaker's bureau for CUAV (Community United Against Violence). I've also been active with Food not Bombs, Freedom Uprising, Pronoun Schmonoun and other great groups in the activist world. I'm really looking forward to this adventure!