Who We Are

We are a support network, advocacy organization and media project by and for people who experience the world in ways that are often diagnosed as mental illness.

Reclaiming History

What do Martin Luther King, Nina Simone, Issac Newton, Virgina Woolf, Pablo Picasso, Sigmund Freud, and Abraham Lincoln have in common? They are all one of us. The history of brilliance in madness is our history.

Reappropriating Language

We are not a diagnosis or a social affliction. We embrace the term “madness” because it connects us to our art, our history and each other.

Community

We hold regular events, workshops and celebrations. We have an active twitter account and an online community at Facebook.
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@NycIcarusOrg Twitter

Events
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Mad love and Self love

NYC Icarus brings together our community to discuss love

When

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Where

Bluestockings Books

172 Allen Street

New York, NY

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Publications and Media
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Madness and Oppression

We've outlined a bunch of ideas to help you identify sources of oppression in your life that can help you place and deal with them.

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Friends Make the Best Medicine

We've outlined a bunch of ideas to help you gather people together to start exploring all the brilliance and confusion we hold inside. We hope these suggesti...

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Resources
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Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore

Bluestockings is a 100% volunteer-powered and collectively-owned bookstore, fair trade cafe, and activist center in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Bluesto...

When

Every day

11am to 7pm Tuesday-Sunday/1pm to 7pm on Mondays

Where

Bluestockings

116 Suffolk St

New York, New York 10002

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