Campaign

We Think Molly Can

Support Molly's Campaign while helping homeless youth

Molly Rhodes

Staff Member, Five years

Support Molly's Campaign!

The total I've raised pays for:

2 housing assistance
and 1 night of outreach
and 1 meal for a client

Donations

Name	Amount	Location	Date
claire bennie, 2nd cousin	$100	London, CA	02/04/2009
Get on with it Rhodes.
Paul Rhodes, Family	$100	London, United Kingdom, WY	02/04/2009
Kelly Nuxoll, Friend	$10	Washington, DC	02/04/2009
if i donate, can i say what i think louis' problem is, too?
Erin Gilley, Friend	$5	San Francisco, CA	02/04/2009
woo-hoo!
Elvi Rhodes, Grandmother	$100	BRIGHTON, CA	02/06/2009
The very best of love and good wishes
Marilyn Shaw	$20	San Francisco, CA	02/06/2009
Martyn Roetter, Uncle and Aunt	$100	Boston, MA	02/14/2009
We expect front row seats when the play is produced on Broadway or for a select audience at the White House.
Stephen and Christine Rhodes, Parents	$200	New York, NY	02/17/2009
I hope/expect to be proved wrong! (SR) The age old dilemma: when are your parents right and when are they completely wrong! (CR)
Avner Lapovsky	$25	San Francisco, CA	02/18/2009
Michael Clare, 1st Cousin, once removed	$100	Campbell River, WA	03/02/2009
Stick with it and good luck. Or, break a leg...no, wait - a hand!
Marcia Bennie, First Cousin once removed	$50	Isleworth, CA	03/13/2009
Better late than never! Keep the ink flowing -

Goal

To complete the first draft of a full length play by the middle of May!

I chose this goal because

When I'm not working hard for At The Crossroads, I spend my hours pursuing playwriting. I've had a play idea in my head for several years, and thought this is a great chance to finally get my ideas down on paper. Just as ATC supports its clients to help them work towards goals that they have had for several years, so I can use this Campaign as a great way to get the support that will help me reach my own long-term goal.

I'm helping because

At The Crossroads has a fantastic model where they let each person they help identify for themselves what it is they want to work on, rather than dictating to them what they have to do. At The Crossroads' belief in people to speak up for themselves about what's important to them is at the heart of their ability to help people create true, lasting change in their lives.

About At The Crossroads

ATC walks the streets of San Francisco, reaching out to homeless youth and young adults on their turf. We work with young people who others have given up on, who would not get help without us. Since we started 13 years ago, we have worked with more than 5,000 youth, helping them build outstanding lives.

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Updates

Posted by Molly on 02/02/2009

For several years now, I've been musing on a character named Louis - a young black man who - like young men everywhere - doesn't really know what he wants to do with his 17-year-old self. Yet Louis has all these people in his life who assume they know what his "problem" is and what is best for him and his future.

I actually tried a version of this play three years ago that didn't quite work, but it's been bubbling around in my head for so long that I just have to give it another crack. Maybe, as my father fears, I'll end up with a draft that sounds like a white upper middle class woman trying to write about something she knows nothing about. Maybe this play will lead to my big playwriting break. But whatever its outcome, as a writer its high time I gave Louis his due.

So I've been doing lots of "research" and thinking about characters and setting and all kinds of things writers use to procrastinate - but this weekend, I'm finally taking the plunge! And this plunge would be all the more sweeter - and all the more likely to happen - if I knew I had friends and family out there who are willing to show support for my efforts, and hold me to my word.

So, here goes something!

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