Achilles Seastrom

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Achilles Seastrom

A group of Johnson County faith leaders gathered in an independent town hall on Tuesday, May 27 to speak against harm caused by the Trump of administration. Uniting under the name Voices of Faith, speakers in the group represented a variety of religious beliefs, primarily Christian denominations. The Voices of Faith Town Hall gathered at The Purpose Place Church, which is housed in the nonprofit Dream City’s building.

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Achilles Seastrom

Sunday services of the Ames Friends Meeting are held at their meetinghouse on S Maple Avenue, marked by a sign in the front yard declaring “All are welcome.”I visited on a sunny spring morning. Beams of sunlight seemed to make the houseplants against the walls glow. Occasional birdsong seeped through a barely open window. Someone had arranged sturdy but simple wooden chairs, the kind often found in public meeting spaces, in a broad oval on the stain-resistant utilitarian carpet.

Apr 11, 2024 | littlevillagemag.com | Achilles Seastrom

Everything in nature is connected, including us. Humans have been struggling with this concept since Alexander von Humboldt, in the mid-19th century and somewhat radically for the time, suggested that all of nature is an interconnected ecosystem. Even if this idea may seem obvious to us in the 21st century, we still struggle with it, and for good reason.

Mar 12, 2024 | littlevillagemag.com | Achilles Seastrom

Within the first weeks of 2024 and the current Iowa legislative session, dozens of bills were introduced posing threats to the safety, healthcare access and legal recognition of transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming children and adults.

Jun 7, 2023 | kansasreflector.com | Achilles Seastrom

by Achilles Fergus Seastrom, Kansas Reflector June 8, 2023 Senate Bill 180, the new law also known as the “women’s bill of rights,” purports to protect cisgender women. But Kansas legislators who supported it either don’t understand or refuse to acknowledge that they are only protecting cisgender women against an imaginary threat while they place transgender men, women, and nonbinary people in real danger.