{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcd341184-4a5f-4016-8364-56d7be2df6fa","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Get Trained By the Best \u2013 Advocacy Training with Rachel and Jawanda Mast","description":"Advocate. A person who publicly supports a cause of policy. No matter the path we took to get here, we all ended at the same point: Advocate. Some of us arrived kicking and screaming. Others knew we\u2019d be advocates from Day One. Some of us don our advocacy hats begrudgingly still while others decorate them with sequins. But we\u2019re all advocates. And today we\u2019re going to meet two of the best. I can\u2019t wait for you to meet mother- daughter advocacy superstars, Rachel and Jawanda Mast. In today\u2019s episode we talk all things Advocacy and Self-Advocacy. Whether you\u2019re just starting your advocacy engine or you\u2019re far down your advocacy path, I know you\u2019ll pick up a few pointers in today\u2019s episode! \r\n\n \r\n\nMeet My Guests: \r\n\nJawanda and Rachel Mast \r\n\nMother and daughter team Jawanda and Rachel Mast are passionate about the meaningful inclusion of individuals with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities in all aspects of the community and have presented at many conferences. The two of them worked alongside advocates from across the country for over eight years to pass the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act allowing individuals with disabilities to save money in 529 type accounts without jeopardizing benefits. Because of her work on passing the ABLE Act nationally and in Kansas, Rachel became the first person to open a Kansas ABLE Savings Account. \r\n\nRachel Mast, who has Down syndrome, is 22 years old and a graduate of Olathe South High School and works as a hostess at the Olive Garden and wants to someday live in a pink house. \r\n\nJawanda Mast is a national grassroots advocacy speaker and consultant. Jawanda is married to Jonathan Mast. Along with Rachel they make their home in Olathe, Kansas. \r\n\nJawanda says their work is a #laborofloveandconviction. \r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ae2d2e7a-cc6c-46c5-b914-7003627e7455/8652091-1599164556720-78131d67c4efc.jpg"}