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Interview with Kari Grady Grossman Continues …

SHB:
Are there any actions people can take to encourage the reopening of
Cambodian adoptions for Americans?

KGG:

My understanding is that this is now in the hands of the Cambodian government, and there has been a draft resolution sitting on their desks for 2 years. The US has a said it will not re-open their side until Cambodia makes it’s process less corruptible by a US standard.

I think it is inhumane for the US to hold children hostage in this political stalemate. We can continue to try and draw attention to the situation. Write your congressman, senator Landau and senator McCain.

Get the story to the media, somehow. I am hoping to do this with my book, as people read and learn the full context of the situation, I hope their compassion will be ignited to spread the word. I’d like to be on the Oprah Winfrey Show and tell everyone about the incredible ways that adoption benefits the entire country, as you so accurately pointed out in your post about “Cultural Genocide,” with the humanitarian aide and work being funneled to Cambodia by adoptive parents.

It is amazing to me that this story is never of interest to the media, but it is of deep interest to people.

SHB:
Have you seen what could constitute a legacy of the suspension in the making?

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