There has been an uptick in celebrities who visit the District since President Obama took office, and, like always, they came representing various pet causes.
Here’s a sampling of who came and what they stood for in 2009.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matt Dillon » Iraqi refugees
Tom Selleck » Vietnam veterans
Usher » volunteerism
Reese Witherspoon » domestic violence
Christy Turlington » maternal health
Billy Corgan » performers’ rights
Terrell Owens » Alzheimer’s
Muhammad Ali » youth issues
Tim Daly » arts education
The “West Wing” cast: Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff » the Employee Free Choice Act
Josh Groban » the arts
Fran Drescher » early detection of cancer
Jennifer Garner » early childhood development
Pierce Brosnan » climate change and whale conservation
Mary Tyler Moore » juvenile diabetes
Nick Jonas » juvenile diabetes
Dominique Dawes » equal athletic opportunities for high school girls
Slash » Chesapeake Bay swans
Angelina Jolie » refugees
Edie Falco » health care reform
Playmates Jayde Nicole and Jo Garcia » vegetarianism
Paul Simon » health care reform
Lucy Liu » human trafficking
Blair Underwood » HIV/AIDS
Sigourney Weaver » oceans
Jon Bon Jovi » affordable housing
Ludacris » youth issues
January Jones » sharks
Zac Efron and Claire Danes » the arts in public schools
