Actress Holly Robinson Peete, background right, and Malaak Compton-Rock, creator of styleWORKS, a nonprofit support service for former welfare dependents, watch students of the new Children's Defense Fund Freedom School in New Orleans, Monday, May 8, 2006. The two were among a delegation of 40 prominent Hollywood and Washington women to visit the area, sponsored by the Children's Defense Fund.
Actress Cicely Tyson, right, gives encouragement to FEMA trailer park resident Japerlet "Jackie" Wilson, Monday, May 8, 2006, in New Orleans. Tyson was among a delegation of 40 prominent Hollywood and Washington women to visit the area, sponsored by the Children's Defense Fund.
Actresses Jennifer Garner, left, and Reese Witherspoon play with Tyla Conner, second from left, and Ashanti Chartion, while visiting a FEMA trailer park where the girls live, Monday, May 8, 2006, in New Orleans.