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Beacon Group has been busy on Capitol Hill this week for SourceAmerica's Grassroots Advocacy Conference! Beacon's Jared Pinegar had the opportunity to share his story and employment journey with conference attendees. Jared, Beacon CEO, Natalya V. Brown, CPA and Director of Marketing, Mitchell Eskritt also teamed up with TCH The Centers for Habilitation and Peckham, Inc. to meet with staff from the offices of Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Representative Ruben Gallego, Representative Raul M. Grijalva, Representative Paul Gosar and Representative Greg Stanton to discuss the importance of legislation that enhances job creation for people with disabilities through #AbilityOne federal contracting and how public policy can increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Thank you all for meeting with us! #DisabilityEmployment #DisabilityAdvocacy #sourceamerica

This week, Didlake Vice President of Advocacy and Policy Rachel Payne is attending the SourceAmerica Grassroots Advocacy Conference, alongside Lead Worker Janitor Ruth Bray, a Didlake employee of 20 years working through the AbilityOne Program, and Ruth's daughter. The annual conference brings together self-advocates, their families and employers to share their employment stories and advocate for opportunities for people with disabilities across the country. The conference kicked off on Monday with a dynamic keynote by Abigail the Advocate, a motivational speaker, athlete, model and actress who has Down syndrome. Tuesday was a busy day of training to prepare for Congressional meetings followed by the Celebration of Stories, when advocates take the stage and share their employment stories. "My story was I came out of substance abuse years ago and because of the AbilityOne Program, I was able to turn my life around. I'm at 20-plus years drug-free. This program impacted my life and made possibilities turn into realities," Ruth said. Watch for updates as we follow Ruth and Rachel around Capitol Hill over the next two days, advocating for people with disabilities alongside other grassroots advocacy teams. #SourceAmerica #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityEmployment

Each year, SourceAmerica through its advocacy efforts, hosts a Grassroots Advocacy Conference, which is held in our nation's capital. This annual conference brings together employees with disabilities, their families, and employers from SourceAmerica's network of nonprofit agencies. Each year, members of the Eggleston family participate in this conference as self-advocates to share their story with members of Congress and provide personal examples of how policy made in Washington, D.C. shapes the employment choices and opportunities of people with disabilities. Congresswomen Jen Kiggans, Congressman Bobby Scott

Today at SourceAmerica's Grassroots Advocacy Conference, Austin met with Senator Jack Bergman to discuss the SSI bills that impact the disability community #disabilityadvocate #notaboutuswithoutus

ServiceSource is thrilled to welcome Representative Richard Hudson (NC-9) as the newest AbilityOne Congressional Champion! Staff of ServiceSource affiliate Employment Source, including executive director Jason Amorose, self-advocate Travis Glover, and program director Kylie Bartlett, presented him with the official plaque on Capitol Hill. Thank you, Representative Hudson, for your commitment to promoting #disabilityemployment through the AbilityOne Program. #DisabilityAdvocacy #IAmSomebody

We celebrated over 60 stories of disability self-advocates at the SourceAmerica Grassroots conference, including our very own Carson Harnden from Relay Resources! Great to see advocacy rooted in lived experience in action. #DisabilityAdvocates #SourceAmericaGrassroots [Photo left to right] Wally Tablit, Chief Disability Inclusion Officer, Relay Resources Richard Belden, CEO, SourceAmerica Dr. Jennifer Camota Luebke, CEO, Relay Resources Mark Lezotte, Board Chair, SourceAmerica Carson Harnden, Associate Director, Building Solutions, Relay Resources

Representatives of ServiceSource and its affiliated organizations spent the beginning of this week in Washington D.C. at the SourceAmerica Grassroots Advocacy Conference, attending sessions on?#disabilityemployment?and preparing to meet with elected officials later this week! ServiceSource President and CEO Bruce Patterson was also in D.C., providing an update on the work of the National Council of SourceAmerica Employers (NCSE) Compliance Advisory Council on policy changes under development by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission. Stay tuned for updates as we head to Capitol Hill!?#DisabilityAdvocacy?#IAmSomebody