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Brave New Child: Liberating the Children of Liberia - and the World

by A Youth Peace Literacy Project

228 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-0354; ISBN 1-4251-1947-6; US$24.95, C$28.69, EUR19.45, £12.90

One courageous teacher and twenty children of war in Liberia are changing the world - one Lesson at a time.

About the Book

"Out of one of the most violent civil wars in recent history comes the inspiring and courageous story about twenty children of war and their dedicated teacher at their peace school in Buchanan, Liberia. These children were raised in war; they know nothing else. Their teacher, Marvin Davis, having had to flee Liberia because his life was in danger came back to teach the children of this war torn country about what caused the war they just had gone through. Searching the Internet for peace educating organizations that would help him he found the Atrium Society USA. Out of this search he began a friendship with the distinguished child peace educators Terrence and Jean Webster-Doyle. Working together as a team the three of them helped establish the Common Ground Society Peace School of Liberia. They then decided that Marvin should teach the children the Atrium curricula Why Is Everybody Always Picking On Us - Understanding the Roots of Prejudice to see if this program could have any effect on the conditioned views of these children who knew nothing but war. When you read these 20 Lessons Marvin Davis has sent back to the Webster-Doyles in the form of letters you will see what can happen if young people are taught to understand conditioned, prejudicial thinking that has time and time again lead us into war. These Lessons demonstrate that no matter how conditioned one is to violent behavior, and these children of Liberia are perhaps the most severe cases one can imagine, that they can be liberated from that habitual mindset. And if they can, so can all children who face conflict daily - from bullying on the playground to bullying on the battlefield."

All the profits from the sales of this book go to the Youth Peace Literacy Book Donation Project to help people like Marvin Davis of the Common Ground Society in Liberia.

About the Authors

Founder and President of the Atrium Society
Jean Webster-Doyle, AEPT, MTT is an educator, yoga teacher and the creator of Metamorphosis Training Seminars and Harmonious Mind Yoga. Ms Webster-Doyle was educated at Sarah Lawrence College, New Your University and the University of Madrid. She has traveled worldwide educating people about the causes of conflict in the conditioned way we think and has co-created numerous books and programs on the subject. Ms Webster-Doyle was the co-founder of the Atrium School and the Rainy Mountain Outdoor Education School. She is also a Master Teacher and Trainer in Education for Peace. She was a teacher of Prenatal Therapy for mentally handicapped children and the Creator and Editor of the Taking Time Newsletter about understanding the conditioned mind.

Director of the Atrium Society
Terrence Webster-Doyle, Ph.D., AEPT was Founder and Director of three independent schools and has taught at the secondary, community college, and university levels in Education, India Studies, Psychology, and Philosophy. He has worked in Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and has developed counseling programs for Youth-At-Risk. Dr. Webster-Doyle has earned a Masters Degree in Psychology, and a doctorate degree in Health and Human Services. He has a lifetime secondary and community college teaching credential. He also has been awarded a 6th degree black belt in The Art of Karate, and has studied and taught the martial arts for over 45 years. Dr. Webster-Doyle has also produced numerous conferences and workshops on New Directions in Education. He was the Founder and Director of Martial Arts for Peace Association, Director of the Atrium Society, and Co-director of the Atrium School whose intent is to explore psychological conditioning. A prolific writer Dr. Webster-Doyle has written 54 internationally acclaimed award winning, peace education books and curricula.

Founder and Director of the Common Ground Society Peace School
Marvin Garbeh Davis, ACPE was born on March 10, 1973, in the Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) Plantations Hospital, Grand Bassa County, Liberia. He was employed by Center for Law and Human Rights in Liberia where he worked as an editor for the Human Rights Review, a weekly paper that reported human rights abuses in the country. Mr. Davis worked as the Secretary General of the Association of Liberians in Gambia where he had to flee from Liberia during the 14 year civil there under the threat of death. Among many things Mr. Davis has done he has been an elementary school teacher, coordinator of the Peace Pal Club at the SOS Children's Youth Village and Secretary General of the Association of Liberian Refugees, taught "Education for Peace," using Atrium Society-donated peace books and curriculums, to more than 40 young children in The Gambia. He has an AA degree in Accounting and a BA in History/English. Mr. Davis is an Atrium Certified Peace Educator trained by the Atrium Society USA. He is currently Founder and Director of the Common Ground Society Peace School, a non-profit peace organization in Buchanan, Liberia.

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