Welcome to Once Upon an Eden! We are an organization which addresses abuses, exploitation, enslavement and organized crime, as well as government and corporate corruption. Each are multifaceted and multilayered which cannot be addressed in iron clad blanketed solutions for the formulas are as diverse as the individuals facing these daunting personal Hells of which the ramifications of these atrocities may have upon themselves, their families and communities for generations to come.
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Michelle Carmela, the founder and director of Once Upon an Eden, knows this personally for she was born and raised in a mafia society (Italian mafia/ Irish mobsters) and is a survivor of human salvery and exploitation and of severe child abuse. As a survivor she has experienced (and in some degrees has over come): divorce, homelessness, parent alienation, estrangement from family, and more than one terminal illness.
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For over 35 years now, Michelle Carmela has used her "hard earned education" she has gained from Mafia life as well as her own personal experiences as a survivor of severe abuse and human exploitation/slavery to both educate the public about such violence which happens here in America and what they can as individuals and communities do to eliminate these evils.
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In fact, the purpose of OUAE is
1.)to continue to educate and empower the public concerning the evils which lurk "in their back yards" or "in the family skelleton closet" and
2.) to NETWORK INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MEMBERS IN THE OUAE GROUP to address the needs of the community who wish to both halt and prevent further action of organized crime and abuses, slavery/human exploitation, as well as, the social ills that promote such activity or result from such activity;
3.) to NETWORK INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MEMBERS IN THE OUAE GROUP to address the short term and long term care survivors of abuse and slavery need no matter the state, condition or circumstances they are in currently;
4.) and finally, to make known the individuals, communities and organizations which are making the effort to address these issues head on. We will both celebrate and likewise support one another's efforts together.
Once Upon An Eden was formed by Michelle Carmela NOT as a 501 c 3 or an organization or charity which accepts donations*. DONORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND THEIR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS DIRECTLY TO ORGANIZATIONS OR PROJECTS.
In this manner OUAE and Michelle Carmela have been able to achieve such stunning results without the acceptance of donations over the past 26 years.
(*This status of OUAE is always open to change.)
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In fact, the purpose of OUAE is
1.)to continue to educate and empower the public concerning the evils which lurk "in their back yards" or "in the family skelleton closet" and
2.) to NETWORK INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MEMBERS IN THE OUAE GROUP to address the needs of the community who wish to both halt and prevent further action of organized crime and abuses, slavery/human exploitation, as well as, the social ills that promote such activity or result from such activity;
3.) to NETWORK INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE MEMBERS IN THE OUAE GROUP to address the short term and long term care survivors of abuse and slavery need no matter the state, condition or circumstances they are in currently;
4.) and finally, to make known the individuals, communities and organizations which are making the effort to address these issues head on. We will both celebrate and likewise support one another's efforts together.
Once Upon An Eden was formed by Michelle Carmela NOT as a 501 c 3 or an organization or charity which accepts donations*. DONORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND THEIR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS DIRECTLY TO ORGANIZATIONS OR PROJECTS.
In this manner OUAE and Michelle Carmela have been able to achieve such stunning results without the acceptance of donations over the past 26 years.
(*This status of OUAE is always open to change.)
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