Anxious to use the Paris 2024 JOPs as “story accelerators” the Departmental Council launched in March the call for projects Inser’Sport aiming to offer innovative and motivating support systems to job seekers.
Among the winning organizations, the Pantin collective Metropop “coach” for the past few months, seven young people from working-class areas of the territory who have been making documentary films on the professions impacted by the JOP (construction, reception activities, etc.), the remarkable careers of Séquano-Dionysien …
Mourad, Charles, Karamba, Bryan… trained several times a month in physical activity, hosted on May 4 “The City of the Olympic Games”, a neighborhood party intended to raise awareness among residents. s of the city of Quatre-Chemins to the legacy of the Paris 2024 Games.
Sports activities, quizzes, treasure hunts…
“Métropop aims to change representations of the Parisian suburbs by producing images and developing actions of citizen participation: coffee-debates, collection of the words of Ile-de-France residents to challenge institutions…” says Sergio Barrientos, the association’s enthusiastic coordinator and head of its “Research-action, metropolization and participation” pole.
The members of his team and the seven young volunteers have prepared handball, football, climbing, obstacle course, treasure hunt or beret workshops… carried out in a good mood with the children of the city. “We did a quiz on the history of the JOPs and they impressed me with their knowledge of sports figures when I thought they mainly knew footballers” says Karamba, 20, from Aubervilliers. The young man, who followed somewhat chaotic studies before signing a Civic service eight months with Métropop, now wants to become an IT entrepreneur after having “flashed on the diversity of software in new technologies”.
Changing imaginaries of the suburbs
“The six volunteers and the young “tigiste” under the hand of justice (Editor’s note: who carries out work of general interest) benefit from regular follow-up on their search for training or employment, the learning of psycho-social skills or soft skills… » explains Laurent Ducoutumany, in charge of JOP projects at the Departmental Directorate for Employment, Integration and Territorial Attractiveness.
Launched since 2020, the “Metropop promotions” composed of 6 to 8 people are generally crowned with positive outcomes: orientations towards film schools, audiovisual or web marketing professions, regaining of self-confidence and realization of professional projects…
For 8 months, the young people filmed videos on the activities boosted by the JOPs: recycling of construction waste, SSE companies such as Bundle under contract with Paris 2024, portrait of a works engineer from a priority district of Blanc-Mesnil…
“They learn the techniques of framing, editing, project management while being almost autonomous in the field and can express their own visions of the popular suburbs where they live” adds Tanaquil Dirand, images animator of the association. Their small visible documentary films ici will touch you with their freshness and their humanity.
Attached to the participation of the population, the citizen collective Métropop encouraged the inhabitants to draw “their dream blue city” under the cyanotype technique with the street-artist from Montreuil Nicolas Peillon. This will compile all the artistic creations and will produce between July 15 and 17 a large fresco on a blind wall a stone’s throw from the association’s headquarters, which is very popular with local residents. Do we give you an appointment?
Metropop Association
35 rue Gabrielle-Josserand in Pantin
metropop.org
A video on the May 4 “City of the Olympic Games” neighborhood party is being edited and will be posted in this article as soon as it is completed.
Photo credit: Franck Rondot
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