Wilmington Youth Emergency Action Council and other Youth Programs

 

Jim Baker, organizer for WYEAC, letter to the editor, The Heterodoxical Voice, 1968 April. Volume 1, number 2, page 3
Jim Baker, organizer for WYEAC, letter to the editor and "WYEAC speaks ... about WYEAC" (article). The Heterodoxical Voice, 1968 April. Volume 1, number 2, page 3 (Chris Oakley collection of alternative press)
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Individuals like Jim Baker, a future mayor of Wilmington (2001-2012), helped found the Wilmington Youth Emergency Action Council (WYEAC), an organization providing services and bringing together teenagers and young adults from across the city to relieve tensions between neighborhood gangs.

Other youth organizations, like the local Boy Scouts of America Council, also sought to create programs to serve the needs of Wilmington's youth. 

The Heterodoxical Voice, 1968 April. Volume 1, number 2, page 3 (full page)
The Heterodoxical Voice, 1968 April. Volume 1, number 2, page 3. (Chris Oakley collection of alternative press)
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A Plan to serve all boys in Wilmington, Delaware, 9-16 years of age (project proposal with letter from Del-Mar-Va Council president Dr. Walter A. Dew to Senator John Williams), 1967 October 20
Boy Scouts of America. Del-Mar-Va Council. A Plan to serve all boys in Wilmington, Delaware, 9-16 years of age (project proposal with letter from Del-Mar-Va Council president Dr. Walter A. Dew to Senator John Williams), 1967 October 20. (Senator John J. Williams papers)
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