Les animateurs jeunesse sont-ils les chevilles ouvrières des quartiers populaires ?

In Saint-Denis, wedged between the Seine and the train station, nestles the brand-new Confluence district. And in this neighborhood is a youth center, like hundreds of others in working-class neighborhoods. A place of learning and openness for thousands of young people. We owe all this to our youth workers, who accompany young people far beyond the scope of their duties, and yet whose profession is largely unrecognized. This is what sociologist Christine Bellavoine and the structure’s director Mamadou Soumaré discuss with us.