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Council member Leticia Bracey outlines Wilmington Youth Advisory Council master plan priorities
Summary
Leticia Bracey, an at-large Wilmington City council member, presented priorities from the Wilmington Youth Advisory Council's first Youth Master Plan, emphasizing safer neighborhoods, expanded mental-health access, more youth recreation, and stronger pathways to college and careers. She highlighted WYAC proposals including a centralized events app, nontraditional activities, and neighborhood gathering spaces.
Leticia Bracey, an at-large Wilmington City council member, described priorities developed by the Wilmington Youth Advisory Council (WYAC) as the group works on the city’s first Youth Master Plan. She said the council — 20 students in grades 8 through 12 representing neighborhoods across the city — was charged with producing recommendations to guide investments in youth safety, well-being and future opportunity.
Bracey summarized WYAC’s top concerns: safer neighborhoods, broader access to mental-health resources, more opportunities for recreation, and stronger pathways to college, careers and financial success. “They don’t want programs created for them without their voices being included,” she said, and urged that youth engagement be meaningful rather than symbolic, with young people involved from program design through evaluation.
She relayed several of the council’s practical proposals, including creating a centralized app to promote youth events, expanding activities beyond traditional sports, and developing safe gathering spaces in each neighborhood. Bracey framed those ideas as concrete, implementable recommendations that deserve city attention as officials draft the Youth Master Plan.
Bracey closed by thanking WYAC leadership and members for their work, singling out chair Kellen Williams and vice chair Jameer Rainey for recognition. No formal vote or budget action was announced during the remarks.
