Join Us for our Grassroots
Advocacy Conference
Our nation’s workforce is more successful, more productive, and more innovative when people of all abilities participate. SourceAmerica’s Grassroots Advocacy Conference provides a platform for employees with disabilities to share this message and their stories with key policymakers.
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Grassroots Advocacy Conference
All Day
SourceAmerica Disability Employment Educational Fair
9 AM - 3 PM
Who Attends?
AbilityOne employees with disabilities who create products and provide services that fuel the military and federal government.
Nonprofit representatives who employ people with disabilities through federal government and military AbiltyOne contracts.
Members of Congress and their staff who attend to interact with their constituents and learn about the work they do to support the community.
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SourceAmerica Disability Employment Educational Fair
Rayburn House Office Building 2168 (Gold Room)
September 13, 2023 | 9 AM - 3 PM
Join us for our disability employment educational fair, where nonprofits in our network will discuss the wide range of products and services people with disabilities create, develop, and deliver to the federal government and the nation’s military.
Grassroots Advocacy Conference
September 11-14, 2023 | All Day
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.
Invitees are given the tools and training they need to personalize and deliver their message about how policy made in Washington shapes employment choices and opportunities for people with disabilities across our nation.
Our self-advocates then go to Capitol Hill to meet with policymakers and their staff to share their employment stories and advocate for better employment 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 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.
Who We Advocate For
Our self-advocates are AbilityOne employees with disabilities that champion themselves and others with disabilities. They come from a variety of backgrounds and have used their time on the Hill during the Grassroots Advocacy Conference to spearhead their own advocacy initiatives in their local community.
Chris Collins
Helpful Hands, Inc. | Texas
Within a year of employment, Chris received a promotion, started working independently, and moved into his own apartment for the first time.
Kaseza Ruhumbika
GCE | Florida
For Kaseza Ruhumbika, having a job as a Telecommunication Engineer at GCE offers stability, economic success, and control over his future.
Katie Galloway
InspiriTec | Kentucky
Katie says her AbilityOne job gives her a more extensive support system and has allowed her to be productive, have a routine, and provide better support to her family.
Together, let’s do more,
empower more, achieve more.
We empower people and organizations to be a force for change, driving workplace admittance for people with disabilities.
Our Workforce
Diversely talented people who maximize their impact with unwavering dedication.
Our Nonprofit Network
Fulfills customer requirements and provides meaningful and rewarding job opportunities for people with disabilities.
Our Customers
Bolster their workforce with talent that meets or often exceeds the strictest product and service requirements.
Our Team
SourceAmerica is the critical connection between our network of nonprofits and customers, advocating for workforce admittance for people with disabilities.