Mary Louise Frampton, faculty director of the Henderson Center for Social Justice, will co-direct a program that tackles problems faced by California’s poor rural communities. Working with UC Davis law professor Lisa Pruitt, Frampton aims to develop legal and policy research and advocacy for such communities. Partly funded by the UC Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California, the program will cultivate partnerships with community associations and rural nonprofits, train students in methodologies that inform law and policy advocacy, and launch a multi-campus effort to support and invest in rural California.