Press Releases

As most Americans watched in disbelief and outrage ultra right
wingers, white nationalists, self proclaimed KKK members and Nazis
rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia to assert their re-emergence as a
legitimate force in U.S. social and political life and an integral
part of the Trump coalition. The President condemned the violence and

Congressman Danny K. Davis joined with other members of Congress in a letter to Secretary of State Tillerson regarding the escallating situation in Korea

Dear Secretary Tillerson,

Everyone in America is likely an immigrant, the direct descendent of immigrants, the direct descendent of men and women abducted, transported and forced into slavery or a descendant of Native Americans who originally inhabited this land more than 12,000 years ago.

Washington, D.C.- On July 28, 2017, Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), and Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-CA) introduced the Home Visiting Works Act of 2017 to support children and families by doubling federal funding for evidence-based home visiting.

Next Wednesday's (7/26) trauma-informed care briefing will be live streamed here: https://youtu.be/Ih923y_b-z0

The Need to Address Childhood Trauma: Implications for Child Welfare and Education

Honorary Co-Hosts:

On July 25, 2017, Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL),
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congressman Gerald E. Connolly
(D-VA), and Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced the
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2017 to develop evidence-based policies
to cut child poverty by half in 10 years.