We are LoudForChange.
Our vision is to create an affirming and inclusive space for young people to come together and actively work towards eradicating racism, transphobia, and the marginalization of any members of our community.
We strive to educate and empower our members through open dialogue, workshops and events, and encourage them to become agents of change in their own lives and beyond.
Our Goal is to build a strong network of young leaders who are committed to challenging systemic injustices and creating a more equitable future for all.
Meet the Founders
An educator-led approach
Yacouba Sangaré
Co-Founder & Educator
Born in Niger, Yacouba Sangaré founded the Hoops4Kids organization in 1993 in Niamey, Niger. Yacouba graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Boston where he earned his BA in Black Studies and later received his Masters in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Yacouba is currently a middle school teacher and has since founded two students led social justice clubs: The Oneida Students for Anti-Racism (OSAR) and LoudForChange!
Tracy Sangaré
Co-Founder & Educator
Tracy Sangaré is an educator and an inspiring social justice activist. She is a National Board Certified teacher in her twenty-seventh year of teaching and specializes in teaching Multi-Lingual Learners at the elementary level. Tracy's expertise is not confined to conventional teaching approaches; rather, she thrives in exploring and advocating for innovative educational strategies that resonate with the principles of liberation education.
Meet the Founding Students
LoudForChange students represent communities across the Capital Region of New York. They bring with them strength, knowledge, and compassion for themselves and their peers.
This group reflects a future where Black and brown students, LGBTQ+ students, and students from marginalized religious backgrounds come together not despite their differences, but because they recognize the unique value each person brings to the table.
At L4C diversity isn't just embraced—it's celebrated.
Land Acknowledgement
We would like to acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Mohican First Nation on which we are learning and working today. The Mohicans were pushed further and further west until they eventually stayed in Shawano County, Wisconsin where they still live today. It’s important to acknowledge the land because too often, Indigenous peoples are talked about in the past tense and all the struggles they face are in the past tense as well. It is easier to deny Indigenous peoples their rights if we speak of their struggles in the past and simply pretend they don’t exist.
This acknowledgement itself is a small gesture and will only become meaningful when coupled with informed action and authentic relationships. As activists, we would like to take this opportunity to commit ourselves to the struggle against the systems of oppression that have dispossessed people of their lands and denied their rights to self-determination, work that is essential to human rights across the world. This includes standing with our siblings in Palestine and we remember that none of us are free until all of us are free.
