The Icarus Project Archive is a digital home for remembering—and reimagining—a radical mental health movement. Our goal is to preserve and share the history of The Icarus Project, a groundbreaking peer-led initiative that challenged dominant narratives of “mental illness” and helped seed a generation of alternative approaches to care, healing, and collective liberation.
Through curated documents, artwork, zines, and first-hand stories, we are creating an accessible resource for educators, organizers, clinicians, and all those navigating madness at the edges of the mental health system. This archive not only honors the past—it fuels the future.
One way that future is unfolding is through
Transformative Mutual Aid Practices (T-MAPs), a living tool and group process born from Icarus’s roots. T-MAPs invites people to map what matters most to them, build collective support structures, and explore healing through systemic thinking, peer wisdom, and creative care. It is a direct continuation of the Icarus vision—adapted for today’s crises.
Our work is rooted in mutual aid, accessibility, and a commitment to amplifying voices too often left out of the official record. The archive is more than memory—it’s an invitation to build what comes next.
Learn More: https://icarusprojectarchive.org/