The Unknown Culture Club

Adam Crapser’s Story

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For Adam’s narrative on the adoption experience, see here: Amazon “If I could say anything to politicians, I would beg them–implore them–to please amend the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 so that those of us who were adopted as children before then but were not granted US citizenship–would finally be covered.  Please do this for my children, so they don’t …

Bali orphanages: How tourist cash funds a racket

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As tourism has boomed in Bali, it has had a strange side-effect, doubling the number of orphanages on the island in 20 years. Tourists’ donations keep the orphanages going – but some are effectively rackets, exploiting children and holidaymakers alike.  I met Pam and Samantha, an Australian mother and daughter who had traveled all the way from Perth, with a …

Saving Our Sisters from Domestic Adoption Trafficking

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Amber Geislinger speaks with Lynn Johansenn, adoption reform activist and founder of Saving Our Sisters. Saving Our Sisters is a non-profit grassroots charity saving mommies and babies from domestic adoption trafficking. Lynn is a hero, an inspiration to activists and survivors of adoption trafficking. She tells her personal story as a natural/biological mother who fell victim to the multi-billion dollar …