Inclusiv' Sportival: The week of inclusion through sport

90 days before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the MIJE association is organising an ‘INCLUSIV’ SPORTIVAL’ week of events dedicated to inclusion through sport, from 3 to 8 June.

The initiative for the ‘INCLUSIV’ SPORTIVAL’ project is rooted in an approach initiated by MIJE a few years ago, aimed at making school trips and accommodation for school groups and individuals in its youth hostels accessible to ALL.

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are another driving force: a world-renowned sporting event that embodies strong values of inclusion and equal opportunities, whatever the challenges to be overcome.
It is in this context of strengthening an internal inclusive policy and celebrating Paralympic values that the Sport and Inclusion project has taken shape.

‘Our aim here is to co-construct a social project based on solidarity, so that everyone can come and discover and share experiences of community life, with the aim of raising awareness, valuing and normalising differences between individuals’. Rémy Vernay, General Delegate of MIJE

• Raising awareness of inclusion and disability among children and young people.
• Promote people with disabilities.
• Create meeting places that promote social cohesion.

The activities will take place throughout the week of 3 to 8 June 2024 at partner schools and colleges in Paris (Ecole Moussy, Lycée Verlaine, Ecole Hospitalière, Ecole Georges Gusdorf, IME de l’Ourcq, Ecole Neuve Saint Pierre, etc.) and in the MIJE Marais hostels.

• Discovery of 7 handisports and adapted sports : Cécifoot, wheelchair basketball, boccia, seated volleyball, adapted archery, torball, baskin with handisports olympiads and tournaments…
• Educational activities : Workshops and exhibitions to raise awareness of disability, virtual reality sport, awareness trail, exhibition on the Olympic Games over the years, etc.

In addition to the week’s workshops, which are reserved for partner schools, there will be 3 events open to everyone during the week:

2 film-debates on the theme of inclusion will be held at the MIJE Fourcy hostel (6 rue de Fourcy, 75004):

• Wednesday 5 June at 8pm: ‘The colour of victory’.

This film recounts the incredible story of Jesse Owens, the African-American athlete who defied racism by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, under the Nazi regime. The film screening will be followed by a time for discussion and debate.

• Friday 7 June at 7pm: ‘Petite fille’.

Born a boy, Sasha is nevertheless a girl. Sébastien Lifshitz has succeeded in telling the story of the extraordinary destiny of a child aged just 8. With gentleness, great precision and just the right amount of romantic grandeur to surround Sasha’s extraordinary yet formidable destiny, ‘Petite fille’ lives up to its name. Viewing of the film will be followed by a time for discussion and debate.

An ‘Open School’ morning on Saturday 8 June from 10am to 1pm with disability awareness workshops at Neuve Saint Pierre primary school (15 Rue Neuve Saint-Pierre, 75004 Paris).

• We would like to extend our warmest thanks to the City of Paris, the Paris Centre Town Hall, CROS IDF (Comité Régional Olympique et Sportif Île de France) and our partner associations, ASMF (Association Handisport de Paris), CAPSAAA (Sport Art Aventure Amitié), Novosport (adapted volleyball and baskin) and UCPA, who make it possible for us to organise these sports activities on the ground throughout the week with the MIJE volunteers.
• In collaboration with Paris schools, colleges and leisure centres (Ecole Moussy, Lycée Verlaine, Ecole Georges Gusdorf, Ecole Neuve Saint Pierre, Ecole des Blancs Manteaux, etc.).
• Finally, thank you to our sponsoring partners, Derichebourg, XPlorAssur, Actem’Otel & Hervé Thermique who are supporting our commitment to INCLUSIVITY during this week-long event.