Sim J. Singh Attariwala is a Commissioner on the District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights and serves as the Director of Anti-Hate Initiatives at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. His work centers on grassroots and national advocacy to advance civil rights, combat hate crime, school bullying, discrimination, and racial profiling, transnational repression, with a focus on communities that face bias and targeted violence.

Singh Attariwala previously directed engagement and programs at the U.S. Department of Justice and held senior advocacy roles with the Sikh Coalition, the nation’s largest Sikh American civil rights organization. He has submitted extensive public comments to federal agencies and statements for legislative records on civil rights, discrimination, and national security issues. His work has been featured in PBS, BBC, CNN, CBS, and HuffPost and he has appeared in national and international broadcast interviews. He has also testified before Congress and delivered remarks to government offices and national convenings, including the American Bar Association and the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies.

Singh Attariwala advises the White House, Congress, state legislatures, attorneys general, and federal agencies on discrimination, bias, national security, and community relations policy. He formerly served on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee as a commissioner focused on anti-discrimination in civil aviation. He also helped develop Sikh cultural competency training for law enforcement on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service, and is a certified instructor for the course.

He is a licensed attorney admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., and Florida. He has experience developing pro bono legal assistance tools for disadvantaged communities and has worked across government, industry, and civil society on issues involving civil rights, policy development, and community engagement.