Welcome to the The Icarus Project journals. On this page you can find blogs by our members, co-coordinators, and local groups.

If you want to see all recent journal/blog entries by everyone, click here. Use the search box at right to search for a specific username or topic.


 

Icarus Member Journals

 

Click here on the main site and here on the forums to check out blogs by members of The Icarus Project's online community. Every registered Icarus member can create their own blog with the "my blog" link on the right hand navigation menu and starting to type! (Just make sure you're logged in first.) To find a member's blog, use the search box on the right.

 


 

Icarus Intergalactic Co-Coordinator Collective Journal

 

This blog, below, is the place to find organizational writing from Icarus Project collective as a whole. We'll keep you updated about what's happening with the project on a national level. Scroll down on this page to take a look at our blog entries, and feel free to post comments and feedback!


 

Will Speaking In Toronto

Icarus Staff Will Hall was invited to speak at a 150 year-old psychiatric hospital in Toronto Canada with a group of family members about how to help their relatives going through mental health crisis, at a seminar sponsored by the innovative Family Outreach and Respose agency. Check out Will's Blog.

Ikarus-Projekt Mission Statement

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A German version of our mission statement, translated by our awesome Anarchist friend Gabriel. He says: "here is a german translation of the mission statement. i had a radical psychologist friend who runs a project providing psychotherapy for refugees in austria proofread it. she's a hard critic but gave a green light, so i assume this should work."

Crooked Beauty Film Project

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Filmmaker Ken Paul Rosenthal is creating a film featuring Icarus co-founder Ashley McNamara. Check out the awesome trailer at http://www.crookedbeauty.com

 

Mouse from Reed Icarus At Portland Event

Reed College organizer Mouse joined Will Hall, along with Jason Renaud of the Mental Health Association, at an Icarus event with 60+ participants in Portland Oregon March 9... Check out Mouse and Will's presentation (audio + text).

Mindful Occupation: Rising Up Without Burning Out

 

There is an urgent need to talk publicly about the relationship between social injustice and our mental health. We need to start redefining what it actually means to be mentally healthy, not just on an individual level, but on collective, communal, and global levels.

A group of us who have years of experience practicing peer-based community mental health support, including many Icarus folks, got together to compile a manual for organizers and participants in the #occupy movement. 

Mad Love -- Jessica Max Stein's 'Zine

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Jessica Max Stein has a new zine, available for download on the Icarus site.

Mad Gifts Tour Winds Up at Trumbullplex In Detroit

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Audra and Jhon organized the last Icarus Mad Gifts week Tour event at the famous collective space Trumbullplex in Detroit, Sun Nov 4th 2007.

Video - Sascha at Anarchist Book Fair April '08

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Here's a video of Sascha at the Anarchist Book Fair in San Francisco April '08

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2152061687257398524

 

Icarus Fall Update 2008

The wild Icarus menagerie has been up to all sorts of amazing feats and adventures over the past six months, and it's time to take a breather and try to make some notes about it all...

Icarus Is Hiring an Organizer Part Time - Spread the Word

Icarus is hiring a part-time organizer to work out of our New York office and focus on campus student organizing. Here's the info -- please spread this around!

Icaristas Join Oxford, UK, Conference On Madness

Icarus organizers Eddy and Neil flew to Oxford England for the "First Global Conference on Madness." Read about it here and on Eddy's blog...

Free Download of Navigating The Space Reader Now Available!

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:

https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/publications/navigating-the-space-reader

Icarus Coordinator Collective 11-08 Retreat Slideshow

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!

Coming Off Drugs Guide Now In Spanish! Guia Reduccion de Drogas Psiquiatricas Disponible en Castellano!

guide cover CastellanoThe Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs, published by The Icarus Project and Freedom Center, is now available in spanish - thanks to the dedicated translation work of Agustina Vidal from Buenos Aires Argentina.

Discontinuación del Uso de Drogas Psiquiátricas: Una Guía Basada en la
Reducción del Daño
, publicado por The Icarus Project y Freedom Center, ha sido traducida al castellano por Agustina Vidal desde Buenos Aires Argentina, miembro de la Asamblea permanente de usuarios del sistema de salud mental.

You can download the guide free online. Puedes decargarla de forma gratuita.

Go to the Resources section to download and read the Guide in spanish.

Vísite la sección de Recursos para bajar y leer la Guía.

 

 

Greetings From a New Icarista

Angel AdeyohaIcarus 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...

 

Annie of Gallatin Campus Icarus Joins Co-Coordinators

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 image gallery, and you can also listen to a great interview with her here.

Spring Is Here!

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 in Newsweek Magazine

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Newsweek magazine just did a big story on Mad Pride and The Icarus Project, profiling Icarus Intergalactic Co-Coordinator Will Hall.

Check it out on the Newsweek site here; or view a .pdf of the magazine version here; you can also take a look at the art gallery they put together here that includes Icarus gallery art from Will, Lizxnn Disaster, Fly, Janice Sorensen, Laurie S., Quyn Horton, Martin Cohen, Jennifer Brister, Valerie Crosswhite, and Christina Mazzalupo. And feel free to leave comments and join the discussion on the Newsweek site.

Protest the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco This Sunday

APA LogoMental Health Clients and Psychiatric Survivors to Lead Protest of
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting

Protesters Say, “Our Creative Support Will Overcome Psychiatric Corruption!”

This Sunday: Festival of Resistance at APA Convention in SF MindFreedom International & California Network of Mental Health Clients 17 May 2009, 1 PM. Moscone Center, San Francisco