President of the Urgence harassment association, Élian Potier travels across France to meet schoolchildren, middle school students and high school students to raise awareness about this scourge which affects one in ten young people.
Élian Potier, 22, continues his tour of schools in France. On this first day back at school, he was at the Lycée Fourier in Auxerre, in Yonne. Interview.
As a national anti-bullying ambassador, you reach out to young people. Why is this so important?
The goal is to raise awareness among as many young people as possible. Not all of them are aware of the seriousness of things. Harassment is not just insults, it is also repeated physical and psychological violence. Being able to discuss around workshops what harassment is and how to deal with it is essential. Since the beginning, I have raised awareness among 10,000 young people in schools, colleges, high schools, and CFA. It is not necessarily 10,000 young people who will never be victims or harassers but they have received this intervention so they have no excuse.
