Indigenous mother and activist from the Oglala Lakota, Garinfuna, Mayan and Arawak tribes. She is a public health professional and works to build programs in collaboration with communities and youth, especially young girls of color. Jennifer enjoys learning through storytelling and Indigenous Ways of Knowing. She is passionate in learning about, and reconnecting to, Indigenous communities around the world. She currently serves as the Peaceful Advocates for Native Dialogue and Organizing Support Board Chair.

Indigenous activist and defender of both political and sacred sovereignty of Indigenous people. He is a tribal member of the Colorado Rivier Indian Tribes being both Hopi and Chemehuevi. A cultural performer and presenter since his youth expressing his belief that everyone has been gifted unique medicines to offer their communities and should do so an an expression of gratitude to the Divine. Carl studied Political Science and American Indian Studies at Utah Valley University. He values critical thinking with the understanding of cultural context our egocentric worldviews. He believes everything and everyone around us is related and we ought to respect each other as a loving family should. He is the initator and co-founder of two Indigenous led nonprofits in SLC since 2016, Pandos and SLC Air Protectors. He also advocates for the SLC unsheltered community by giving both material and emotional support. 

Tewa/ Din’e, Pandos Co-Founder.  Helped organized the December 2016 Music Festival for raising funds for the legal funds for Standing Rock Water Protectors Organized the Pandos Defend the Sacred Powwow, Organized The Pandos Covid-19 Mobile Unit, and the Mni Luzahan Camp Covid-19 Mobile Unit in Rapid City, Helped Organized the Pandos Virtual Music Festival to raise funds to purchase the Covid-19 Testing Kits, Helped Organized Red Fawn’s “Protect all things Sacred” Powwow.

Dinè activist born into “The Water Flows Together” Clan. She is committed to serve her community and bring attention to everyday and historic issues that indigenous peoples face with emphasis on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Peoples. She currently serves as Chair to MMIW+ Utah and relies heavily on her belief that learning is an ever evolving process that can be transformative at any stage of life especially when placing that energy back into your community.

Self-described naturalist, who identifies his community as the Web of Life on Planet Earth. He has overseen a local community seedling project to provide garden vegetable starter plants in the local community. Tom became a peace activist in 2001, and was part of organizing rallies and vigils through 2008. He became involved with Pandos by way of offering to help improve the lighting used at the Defend the Sacred Powwow  in 2018, and did the same thing for the 2019 Powwow. Tom views his involvement with Pandos as being aligned with his chosen ‘mission’ of working to nurture the welfare of the web of life, and has been thankful for opportunities to nurture some specific Sacred Medicine plants from seeds into healthy seedlings that are given freely to the community.

Rashena is a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina, a tribe that calls rural, northeastern NC home. She is a Certified Public Accountant and an auditor by trade. She has served as national treasurer of Alpha Pi Omega, the country’s first Native American sorority. It is her hope to help spread financial literacy and build generational wealth for her people and community.

Community organizer that moved to Utah in 2011. She is the third- and fourth-generation granddaughter of European settlers and grew up on the occupied territories of the Nipmuc and Mohegan people in so-called Connecticut. Since 2015, Lindsay has organized and campaigned for the Sierra Club in Utah, working to promote a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. Drawn to Utah’s unparalleled natural beauty and outdoor recreation opportunities, she was inspired to find work protecting Utah’s people, environment, and natural resources. In 2016, she worked to co-found Pandos with local community activists who were all engaged in the world-wide uprising for Indigenous sovereignty, against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Science in Community & International Development from the University of Vermont and previously served as Education and Outreach Coordinator for HEAL Utah. In her spare time, Lindsay enjoys skiing, camping, gardening, and ceramics.

Hailey received her doctorate in English at the University of Utah in 2018. Through her work in medical humanities and clinical narrative skills, she advocates for elevating Indigenous voices in healthcare education. Her past and present teaching, research, and writing actively engages literature, religious studies, gender studies, medical humanities, and narrative medicine. She is a current student in the Columbia University certificate program in narrative medicine.

Dee is a member of the Navajo Nation born for Edge of the Water clan. She is a Technical Consultant and finds opportunities through work and play to help Indigenous led efforts. She enjoys staying active and is a continual learner. Dee looks forward to each unique creative space Pandos facilitates and is grateful for the opportunitiy to elevate Pandos voices.