In September 1997, she established the Henry and Clara Dixon Education Fund in honor of her maternal grandparents to help students purchase books while attending college. She also founded COLLEGE BOUND, an initiative to motivate and encourage high school students to attend college.

Gail was a delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention and a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention.She has served on the Executive Committee of the Clayton County Democratic Party. She is founder and president of the Concerned Black Citizens Coalition of Clayton and was founder of the Clayton County Black History Center, Metro South Youth Association and the Clayton County Sojourner Truth Verse Speaking Choir. Gail Recruited approximately 100 youth for the Hook-A-Kid on Golf Tee Level Clinics at River’s Edge Golf Club in Fayetteville and Browns Mill Golf Club in Atlanta, and she has hosted the Gail P. Davenport Golf Classic to raise funds for local charities for the past ten years.

Gail received the 1997 Outstanding Community Leader of the Year given by the National Council of Negro Women, Clayton County Section; the Community Leader of the Century Award by the Women in the NAACP, September 1999; the 1989 and 1996 NAACP, Clayton County Branch Image Award for Distinguished Service; and the 2003 Pinnacle Leadership Award Recipient from the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, East Point/College Park Chapter.

She is active in the American Business Women’s Association, and is past president of the Greenbriar Chapter, 1992 Woman of the Year, Member Choice Award, Hall of Fame Award and Inner Circle Member. She served as chairperson of the United Negro College Fund for the past twenty years. She has received its Distinguished Leadership Award, Star Volunteer Award. She also received the 2000 Mayor’s Masked Award,Atlanta, GA. Gail is President of the RainbowPUSH Coalition, Clayton-Henry-Fayette-Spalding Chapter.

Currently, Gail serves as the Business Development Director for RAINBOW PUSH Peachtree Street Project, an initiative of the Citizenship Education Fund. She is also a real estate professional with Coldwell Banker Success 2000 Realty having worked in the real estate industry for the past twenty years. She has conducted workshops on home ownership for she believes in “democracy in housing” and that every citizen deserves to experience the American dream of home ownership.