Amar Shergill is an experienced trial lawyer practicing in personal injury and wrongful death with a significant pro bono practice assisting non-profits and representing victims of hate crimes. He was the founding President of the South Asian Bar Association of...
Area of Expertise
Transnational Repression
Swaranjit Singh Khalsa
Singh Swarnjit is a businessman, community leader, husband, father, and proud Democrat. He is running to be the next Mayor of Norwich, CT—a city that has embraced his family with open arms. After his family fled the 1984 Sikh Genocide, Singh arrived in the United...
Simratpal “Simmer” Singh
Maj. Simratpal “Simmer” Singh became the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District in June 2025. Maj, Singh previously served as the Battalion Executive Officer for 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at...
Valarie Kaur
Valarie Kaur is a renowned civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, innovator, and best-selling author of SEE NO STRANGER, SAGE WARRIOR, and the children’s book WORLD OF WONDER. She is the founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, where she...
Dr. Harpreet Singh
Dr. Harpreet Singh is a scholar of Sikh textual traditions at Harvard University and a co-founder of the Sikh Coalition. In the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, he helped establish the Coalition—now North America's largest Sikh civil rights...
Kamardip Singh
Kamardip Singh has nearly two decades of experience working in human rights with a focus on gender justice and women's rights. Their professional history lends them deep knowledge in internationalism, the power of social justice movements, and the politics and power...
Kiran Kaur Gill
Ms. Gill serves as the Executive Director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF). In her role as Executive Director, she is responsible for executing and overseeing programs related to policy, research, education, civic engagement, and youth...
Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal
Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal is a scholar, educator, and community leader specializing in Sikh American history and preservation. Tejpaul is the co-founder of the Sikh American History Project, which aims to unearth, preserve, and promote Sikh American History. Currently,...
Joraver Singh
Joraver Singh is a dedicated community advocate and the co-founder of Panja, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides educational and social services to the Sikh community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Born and raised in the region, Joraver has...
Jaspreet Singh
Jaspreet K. Singh is Co-Founder and Advocacy Strategist for ICAAD, a U.N. ECOSOC affiliated human rights organization that works at the intersection of law and technology to enhance access to justice for women, girls, indigenous, and minority communities while...









