Join us as we advocate for more employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Grassroots Advocacy Conference
Event Description
All Day
About the Grassroots Advocacy Conference
During this annual event, policy experts, nonprofit leaders, employees with disabilities, and their families discuss the issues that affect employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Highlights Include:
SourceAmerica Disability Employment Educational Fair
Nonprofits in our network discuss the wide range of products and services people with disabilities provide to the federal government and military.
Tools and training sessions
Help invitees personalize and deliver their message about how policy shapes the employment opportunities of people with disabilities across.
Self-advocates go to Capitol Hill
Meet with policymakers to share their employment stories and advocate for increased opportunities for people with disabilities.
Why Attend?
During our annual Grassroots Advocacy Conference, you’ll hear from policy experts, nonprofit leaders, employees with disabilities, and their families about the issues that affect employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Connect
Gain direct knowledge of the opportunities, issues, and policies that affect people with disabilities and the community.
Interact
Meet the AbilityOne employees with disabilities who create products and services for our government and military.
Experience
Get a firsthand look at the products and services they create.
Learn
Hear the missions and success stories of the nonprofits that employ people with disabilities through AbilityOne contracts.
What We Advocate For
At SourceAmerica, our goal is to create a more productive and innovative economic future for Americans of all abilities. Let’s work together to achieve policy outcomes that create jobs and social and economic opportunities for people with disabilities.
Opportunities in the Workforce
We advocate for a more accessible future of work for people of differing abilities, and amplify the voices of people with disabilities across the country.
Support for AbilityOne®
We support and implement the AbilityOne Program, which enhances America’s economy by delivering nearly $4 billion in quality products and services annually to federal agencies.