Anton Abele

Anton Abele

Anton Abele, was born in 1992 in Stockholm, Sweden.

He is a young activist and debater who committed himself to work against street violence after the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani, who was beaten to death at a party in the centre of Stockholm in October 2007 [ [http://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/Article____18466.aspx Young Swedes fight against street violence] From sweden.se] .Abele created a Swedish Facebook group called "Bevara oss från gatuvåldet” (Save us from street violence). In one week, the group grew to having more than 100,000 members. In addition, on October 12, 2007, Anton Abele arranged the demonstration “Stop street violence” with more than 10,000 young people and adults participating in Stockholm [ [http://www.thelocal.se/8775/20071012/ Tens of thousands to demonstrate against street violence] From thelocal.se] . Simultaneous with the massive demonstration in Stockholm, anti-violence demonstrations were also held in other major cities in the Nordic region.

Achievements

The initiative of Anton Abele has been rewarded several times. Among other things, he received the MTV peace award “Free Your Mind” at the European Music Awards gala in Munich in November 2007. The rapper Snoop Dogg handed him the prestigious prize, which has previously been given to the likes of Bono, Bob Geldof, Amnesty International and Greenpeace [ [http://ema.mtv.co.uk/voteNow/FreeYourMind MTV honours 15-year old Anton Abele from Stockholm] MTV EMA Munich 2007 Free Your Mind] . In January 2008, two major Swedish newspapers independently awarded Abele the “Stockholmer of the Year 2007” prize. paid tribute to Abele´s initiatives in the televised Christmas speech on December 25, 2007. In the same speech the King also said that “Nobody can do all but everybody can do something“. In May 2008, Abele and his Swedish campaign “Stop street violence” received “Year 2008 most important communication effort” award.

Anton Abele has held a number of speeches and presentations. The Council of Europe invited Anton Abele to participate at the conference "Building a Europe for and with children-towards a strategy for 2009-2011" in Stockholm, and to hold the speech "Children changing societies" on September 8, 2008. On April 30, 2008, Abele held the traditional Spring Speech at Skansen, Stockholm. The theme for the speech was "Change”. At the demonstration against street violence in October 2007, Abele gave a short speech to over 10,000 people, who had gathered in Stockholm to show their disgust against violence. Abele Anton Abele is a frequently invited speaker at various events. These events most often have the escalating violence and actions against it as their topic.

As a result of this initiative, triggered mainly by young people to young people, the topic of escalating violence and insecurity among young people has been lifted to governmental level. More people than ever are now engaged in this matter and actions on all levels to stop violence, are initiated.

Non-profit organisation

Abele founded a non-profit organisation called Stoppa gatuvåldet (Stop street violence), which now operates several projects against violence. The main focus of the group, is to increase the understanding of the medical and legal consequences of violence mainly among young people. The group also works with ethics and change of attitude. The group, which is politically and religiously independent, has both young people and adults as members. On February 10, 2008, the group organised a conference "Stop street violence" that brought together over 1,000 young people and adults in the Stockholm City Hall [ [http://www.royalcourt.se/royalcourt/theroyalfamily/latestnews/2008/thecrownprincessparticipatesinmanifestationagainststreetviolence.5.edea36911759ad82de80003407.html The Crown Princess Participates in Manifestation Against Street Violence] From royalcourt.se] . The group also has a website www.stoppagatuvaldet.nu and an international forum on Facebook called “Save us from street violence”.

References

External links

* [http://www.stoppagatuvaldet.nu/ stoppagatuvaldet.nu] - Stop Street Violence website (Swedish)


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