Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal is a scholar, educator, and community leader dedicated to preserving Sikh American history. He co-founded the Sikh American History Project and serves as a Board Member and Community and Education Specialist at the Jakara Movement. His research and community-centered work explores Sikh identity, representation, and activism, advancing public understanding through education, preservation, and community engagement.

Navdeep Singh is the Executive Director of the Virginia Civic Engagement Table, where he builds community power through advocacy, organizing, and narrative strategy. With over fifteen years in national civil rights leadership, he has advanced equity for Sikh, South Asian, and other marginalized communities. A co-founder and Board Member of the Sikh American History Project, he continues to champion justice through policy, coalition-building, and public education.

Amrit Deol is an Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Anthropology at California State University, Fresno. Her forthcoming book, Mutiny on the Move, and broader research examines how race, religion, and empire shaped anticolonial movements across Punjab and the American West. She has published in leading journals in Asian American and Sikh Studies and serves as a Board Member of the Sikh American History Project.

Sasha Sabherwal is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Global Asian Studies at Northeastern University. As an interdisciplinary scholar of the South Asian diaspora, her work examines caste, gender, and racialized religion in Sikh communities across the Pacific Northwest. She is a Board Member of the Sikh American History Project, and her forthcoming book, Circuits of Faith, explores how caste is reshaped within transnational Sikh diasporas.

Dr. Sharanjit Sandhra (sharn, she/her) is a Historian, educator, storyteller, and founder of Belonging Matters Consulting. Sharn has more than two decades of experience in museum curation, community heritage work, and mentoring youth. She became the first Punjabi and Sikh to complete her PhD from the Department of History at UBC in 2022. Her PhD looks at the affective experiences of museum visitors through a critical race theory lens with the dissertation is titled “Museums as Spaces of Belonging: Racialized Power in the Margins.” Sharn is a passionate activist and dynamic storyteller, building bridges between community and academia. She has been featured in the Knowledge Network series “B.C: An Untold History,” is co-author of "Challenging Racist BC: 150 Years and Counting," and has been featured on local, and international podcasts and media.