Reese Witherspoon & Chris Martin Are Champions in Schools

Reese Witherspoon and Ali Larter pose for photos at the Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Annual Gala on Monday evening (May 18) in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

The ladies were joined at the event by Molly Sims, Amy Smart and hubby Carter Oosterhouse, Parenthood‘s Joy Bryant, and The Newsroom‘s Alison Pill with hubby Joshua Leonard.

Chris Martin and his band Coldplay gave a performance during the event.

During the event, current students shared their impassioned stories of how Communities in Schools has supported them individually by providing them with a network and resources to not only get through secondary school, but to overcome some of the specific challenges facing them in their respective communities.