The California Institute for Rural Studies conducts community-driven research for action in rural communities working for justice, equity and health.
Learn more about the grassroots organizations that CIRS works with to achieve rural justice
Meet the CIRS Board
Oralia Maceda
Centro Binacional para el Desarollo Indígena Oaxaqueño Fresno, CA
Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez, PhD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Juan De Lara, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Paola Ilescas
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
North County San Diego, CA
Megan Beaman Jacinto, JD President
Beaman-Jacinto Law P.C.
Sky Valley / Coachella Valley, CA
Gail Wadsworth, Vice President
Retired Executive Director, CIRS
Santa Fe, NM
- David Bacon, Photojournalist, author and union organizer
- Bonnie Bade, PhD, Secretary, Medical anthropologist, Professor, CSU San Marcos
- Bianca Berriozabel, Treasurer, Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation, La Quinta, CA