Touring New Orleans

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 on 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.

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, May 8, 2006, in New Orleans. Witherspoon, who won this year's best actress Oscar for "Walk the Line," says it's hard to get a clear picture of the city's devastation unless people personally see it.

Actresses Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Garner, right, watch a performance by New Orleans schoolchildren during a visit to the Children's Defense Fund Freedom School on May 8, 2006. High school and college students are trained and hired to work in the Freedom Schools, which provide children with three meals a day, cultural and developmental activities, and conflict-resolution exercises.

Actress Cicely Tyson reads to a group of students during a visit to a school in New Orleans on May 8, 2006. Entertainers met with families and children who are trying to adjust to life after Hurricane Katrina. "Let me tell you how happy I am to be here with you today ... to see you ... to hug you," Tyson told the students.

Actress Cicely Tyson, standing left, receives applause after she finished reading to a group of students during a visit to a school in New Orleans on May 8, 2006. Joining Tyson were actresses Jennifer Garner, left, and Reese Witherspoon. The entertainers met with families and children who are trying to adjust to life after Hurricane Katrina.

Actresses Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Garner, right, applaud students during a visit to New Orleans on May 8, 2006. They were among a group of 40 entertainers who stopped at the newly opened Children's Defense Fund Freedom School. The CDF plans to open more than 20 such schools along the Gulf Coast, 13 in Louisiana and nine in Mississippi.

Actress Jennifer Garner, right, wipes away a tear as she and Reese Witherspoon watch children perform during a visit to a school in New Orleans on May 8, 2006. The actresses chatted with children. who lost their homes, then watched as the children sang, danced and worked on art projects.

New Orleans signer Charmaine Neville, left, talks with actresses Reese Witherspoon, center, and Jennifer Garner during a visit to a school in New Orleans on May 8, 2006. The celebrities were among a delegation of women touring devastated parts of the city to meet with families and children trying to adjust to life after Hurricane Katrina.

Actress Jennifer Garner, left, talks with student Ardeanna Williams during a visit to a school in New Orleans on May 8, 2006. The "Alias" star met with families and children who are trying to adjust to life after Hurricane Katrina. Garner says she's heartbroken by what's happened.

Actress Reese Witherspoon, left, watches as schoolchildren perform while Jennifer Garner takes a picture on May 8, 2006, in New Orleans. The visit to the Freedom School, set up by the Children's Defense Fund, is part of the group's effort to bring attention to the need for general and mental health services for storm victims, particularly traumatized children.

Actress Cicely Tyson, right, gives encouragement to FEMA trailer park resident Japerlet "Jackie" Wilson on May 8, 2006, in New Orleans. Tyson was among a delegation of 40 prominent Hollywood and Washington women to visit the area. The visit was sponsored by the Children's Defense Fund.

Actress Cicely Tyson, left, walks with Japarlet "Jackie" Wilson and Lois Harris, right, on May 8, 2006, in a Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer park where Wilson lives in New Orleans. Tyson and Harris were among a delegation of women touring devastated portions of the city and meeting with families and children trying to adjust to life post-Katrina.

Japerlet "Jackie" Wilson, right, shows, from left, Angelica Santana, Cicely Tyson and Deborah Santana the FEMA trailer where she lives in New Orleans on May 8, 2006. Tyson and the Santanas were among a delegation of 40 women touring devastated parts of the city on behalf of the Children's Defense Fund.

Japerlet "Jackie" Wilson, left, shows actress Cicely Tyson, front right, and Deborah and Angelica Santana, background right, the FEMA trailer where she lives in New Orleans, May 8, 2006. A delegation of more than two dozen women from Hollywood, Washington and New Orleans visted a new school, met with displaced families and took a bus tour of the Lower Ninth Ward.