Viola Davis takes on poverty in hometown

(October 28) – You know her as the tough-as-nails defense attorney Analise Keating on the ABC series “How to Get Away with Murder.” But in real life, actress Viola Davis fights for a different cause: ending poverty. Davis knows all too well what it’s like to live in poverty. “I grew up poor so there is a human face on it for me,” she said. In 2015, the US Census reported 13.5% of the national population lives in poverty. In Viola’s hometown of Central Falls, Rhode Island, a staggering 31.7% live below the poverty line, and one in three adults report being in fair or poor health.