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.
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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.
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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.