These are the blog posts of the Icarus organizational journal. You can also view all Icarus members' blogs.

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.

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...

 

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.

 

 

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!

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!

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

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...

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 Collaborates On Wellness Center at Republican Convention Protest

Minneapolis MN USA Icarus organizers who are part of the North Star Health Collective are teaming up with Icaristas from NY and St. Louis to organize a jointly sponsored Wellness Center at the upcoming Republican National Convention Sept 1-4! Read more about the plan...

E-mail forwarders for local organizers

If you are involved in organizing for the Icarus Project in your area, we can set up an official Icarus Project e-mail address for you (such as your-town@ theicarusproject.net or something along those lines).

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

 

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).

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.

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

 

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."

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.

Mad Gifts Week '07 Tour Slideshow

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A slideshow of the Icarus 2007 Mad Gifts Week tour...

Icarus On NPR

NPR's Weekend America did a 6 minute program on the Icarus Project tour visit to Virginia Tech. Audio and link to transcript.

Icarus Tour Minneapolis: Samhain, Frida Kahlo, and Worker Owned Coffee

The Icarus flock swarms on Minneapolis Minnesota, for a delerious Samhain romp through darkness and puppets, visits with old friends, and facilitating a group discussion on radical mental health at the Arise collective bookstore.

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.

Rocky Horror and Old Miss': Icarus Tour Continues in Chicago and Winona

The Icarus Tour continues with stops in Chicago Illinois and Winona (as in Ryder) Minnesota...

Icarus in Indianapolis, HQ of Eli-Lilly...

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The Icarus tour continues through Indianapolis, in the backyard of Eli-Lilly corporate headquarters...

Gravel Angels and the Social Freak Brigade: The Icarus Project Comes to Virginia Tech

Icarus organizers Madigan Shive, Neil Gong, Sascha Scatter, Molly from Asheville, and Will Hall were invited to Virginia Tech to facilitate a dialog on mental health with students and other community members in the wake of the violent tragedy there... Includes photos and audio.

Icarus Launches Mad Gifts Week Tour!

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Rolling across the east coast and up to the Mid-West, the Icarus Mad Gifts Week tour brings Madigan, Sascha, and Will to a community near you, with a stop at the film Blade Runner and a dreamtime materialization of a new red-and-black pharmaceutical.