Atrium Society Presents Education and Resources for Understanding the Conditioned Mind
About the Atrium Society
About Us: A Brief History of the Atrium Society
The Atrium Society, a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nonpolitical organization, was founded in 1984 by Jean Webster-Doyle, Peace Educator, in Ojai, California, USA.
The intent of the Atrium Society is to provide educational resources and training about the divisive nature of psychological conditioned thinking emanating from the primitive biological brain that is at the root of individual, social, and global conflict.
In 1984, Dr. Webster-Doyle became Director of the Atrium Society. With Dr. Webster-Doyle’s educational direction the Atrium Society ran a pilot middle/high school from 1985-1989 in Ojai, California to investigate ways to implement curricula on psychological conditioning to educate young people about the roots of conflict. From 1990 until present the Atrium Society has devoted its energies to creating and promoting the Education for Peace Program that is designed and written by Dr. Terrence Webster-Doyle. The Education for Peace program liberates young people from the conditioned, divisive thinking at the root of bullying, racism, and war. Dr Webster- Doyle also designed the innovative Martial Arts for Peace program to bring forth a martial art that helped young people to learn the skills to avoid, resolve and manage conflict intelligently. The Martial Arts for Peace program includes a special focus on developing mental and physical confidence so that children do not react in a fight or flight manner to bullying.
In 1991 the Atrium Society organized the Children’s Disarmament Day in Middlebury and Burlington Vermont. Over a thousand people attended and the Governor of Vermont, then Dr. Howard Dean established a peace education day due to this event.
From 1991-1996 the Atrium Society presented its work at three International peace conferences in Paris, Montreal, and in Vermont.
The Atrium Society published over 100 youth peace literacy works written by Dr. Webster-Doyle. The Education for Peace books have won praise from educators, counselors, parents and others who work or live with young people as practical tools for helping children deal with bullying, racism and to understand the psychological roots of conflict and violence.
The Atrium Society, through its International Youth Peace Literacy Project, has donated thousands of books to children in disadvantaged areas in the USA and globally to help them gain the skills to deal with conflict peacefully. Dr. Webster-Doyle and Mrs. Webster-Doyle have traveled throughout the USA and Canada and have also visited Europe, Russia, Mexico and the Caribbean to give seminars and train teachers.
In 2002 the Atrium Society started a special project to work with Youth At Risk Centers in Canada and the USA. The Atrium Society in 2004 has helped to initiate programs in Australia, England, and Iran. In 2004 the Atrium Society certified Mr. Marvin Davis of Liberia as trained in Youth Peace Literacy for West Africa to represent and teach the programs there. The Atrium Society’s Education for Peace books have received many awards and acclaims.