Doylestown Friends: Signage That Says It All
Doylestown Friends Meeting have upped their signage game and have decided that saying it with signs is the best way to reach out to the local community.
In addition to their original sign posted on the front of the meetinghouse, Friends have added a sign acknowledging the first inhabitants of the land upon which the meetinghouse is built–the Lenape Peoples, known as Lenapehoking. The addition of this signage came out of the Meeting’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee, and they hope by posting this land acknowledgement others in the community will become more aware of this issue.
The meeting is also using a variety of outdoor signage and banners to make passersby aware about their Quaker testimonies of connection, peace, inclusion, and equality.
Walk inside the meetinghouse, and you will find signs with QR codes that you can scan to access the history of Doylestown Meeting or use to join the Doylestown Friends mailing list. All good ways to learn about and become part of this vibrant community!
Recently speaking about their new signage, Doylestown Meeting clerk Diana Morris noted "the entire street front of our meetinghouse has become a visual
representation of the Quaker equality testimony and witnesses truth to our
community."