Every month Tabor releases a community newsletter. This month we remember Gregory Bell, explain the upcoming Washington State Disparity Study, and announce the new WMBE Advisory Board.

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OLLIE GARRETT
President of Tabor 100
Mayor Announces WMBE
Advisory Board
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Washington State
Disparity Study
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Remembering
Gregory Bell
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October General
Meeting Highlights
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Nov / Dec 2015
Tabor 100 has had some great accomplishments
this year. Our premier event, the Gala, was a huge
success. We have engaged with the Governor, with
City of Seattle Council Members and Candidates,
several local business icons and others to help spread
our cause to make a difference in our communities.
My hope is that you have found what we’ve done
positive for your business and have been able to take
advantage of the opportunities Tabor 100 has made
available to you.
Active involvement in Tabor 100 can help you and
your business grow. It is amazing how giving to others
actually creates benefits for you. When you give, it
shall be given back to you.
In reflecting on the many accomplishments and new
Tabor members this past year, I realize that I have
much to be thankful for. You have given me the gift
of leading a dynamic organization, with dedicated
members and the highest level of respect in the
community. I appreciate what we are doing and what
we have done to make our community better.
I, like many of you, will take this time as a season of
preparation. I will prepare myself to handle adversity,
prepare myself to begin in 2016 to grow the Tabor
community even more; preparation is a down payment
on my destiny. I urge each of you, to figure out what
you want for the coming year, prepare, take up your
position, stand firm, and put the plan into action.
Someone once said “There comes a moment when
you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into
gear.”
Let me sign off for the year on behalf of myself and
the Tabor 100 Board of Directors by wishing you
and yours a very Merry Christmas and an incredibly
blessed New Year in which your success in every
aspect of your life exceeds your wildest dreams.
In the words of Johann Wolfgang von Goeth, “The right
man is the one who seizes the moment.”

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MAY YOU REST IN PEACE,
GREGORY BELL
Tabor 100 expresses our deepest condolences to
the family of Greg Bell. Greg passed on Monday,
the 7th, leaving behind his wife Victoria and three
daughters.
Greg worked as the Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) Program Manager at the State
Department of Transportation, helping many Tabor
members realize their dream of growing a business
using the federal DBE Program as a key tool to
ensure equality and fairness.
Greg hailed from California and moved to Seattle to
attend law school at the University of Washington.
After graduation, he chose to enter the field of civil
rights working for both the city of Seattle and the
state Department of Transportation. Bell became
one of the state’s premier experts on DBE rules
and regulations and helped numerous businesses
succeed.
We will all miss Greg and his strong and consistent
advocacy.
A Memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m., on
Friday, January 8th
at First Ame Church, 1522 14th
Ave., Seattle.
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER SYMPOSIUM: A CALL TO ACTION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2016
Seattle Public Schools Auditorium
John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence
2445 3rd Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98134
Theme:
Plotting the Educational Path for African American Males
(including children of color and all children)
9:00 A.M. –3:00 P.M.
Invited Speakers
Dr. Ivory Toldson, The White House Erik Cork, Literacy
Sessions will focus on cultural issues to public education, as well as strategies,
interventions, programs, and resources to improve the quality of education for
all students.
Sponsored by Seattle Alliance of Black School Educators (SABSE) in partnership
with Seattle Public Schools, Equity and Race Department, and School and
Family Partnership Department
Info: Contact 206-772-4916, sabse.09alliance.17@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE
Please Register Now at:
Sabse.09alliance.17@gmail.com

3. 3
OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING
HIGHLIGHTS
Pearl and team, Vulcan
• Yessler Terrace. Vulcan is partnering with
Excel Pacific. Now is the time to prequalify
for this project and future projects (blocks
1-4).
• The bidding process is going to start
before the end of the year and will be bid in
packages.
• All projects are posted on Builders
Exchange.
• They do not self-perform any aspect of the
project. They do manage subcontractors to
complete projects.
• Tabor members asked questions about
working with Vulcan, including insurance
requirements and where to obtain additional
information. Some shared experiences they
have had with the company.
Adam Gardner, Google
• www.GYBO.com Get Your Business Online
• “Google my business” - this is how you get
found online when people are specifically
looking for your business. It’s the next
generation of Google Places.
• www.AccelerateWithGoogle.com is a
12-week program to help you accelerate
your online knowledge and implement a
successful online strategy.
Susan Champlain, Boeing
• Shared an update on where Boeing is, what
Boeing is currently working on and how it
is going to create more work for the local
facilities.
• The diversity team will be at the next Tabor
meeting.
Lynn McGuire
• She will be heading up the disparity study
that the Governor has approved.

4. 4
The Mayor has created a new Advisory Committee to
help increase and diversify the women and minority-
owned businesses doing business with the city. You
can read more about it elsewhere in this newsletter≥
Three Tabor members have the honor to serve on the
committee — Tabor President, Ollie Garrett; Tabor
Board member, Henry Yates and Tabor member,
Regina Glenn. We all intend to be assertive and offer
everything we can to ensure increased opportunities
in city contracting.
We cannot do this job without the strong support
of Tabor members. We need you now, more than
ever. As a Tabor member, you can let us know what
you see in city contracting and procurement that
you believe should be improved upon. We also
want to hear about what is going well so that we can
encourage the city to keep doing it.
Speaking on behalf of the three of us, we will ensure
that EVERY issue you bring before us gets addressed.
We will occasionally ask you about items that we
need more information on and you may have dealt
with in the past.
You will hear more about what the committee is doing
throughout 2016, but we want you to talk with us as
early as possible while we are setting the agenda.
We want to make this a win for you, Tabor, the city
and our community.
We can be reached by email, telephone or you can
see us at Tabor meetings:
• Ollie Garrett
President@Tabor100.org, 425-881-8768
• Henry Yates
PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org, 206-669-2084
HENRY YATES
Public Affairs Chair
► ► Tabor Needs your Input
The State of Washington will soon undertake a
disparity study that will give us valuable information
about how well state agencies are doing when it
comes to including minority- and women-owned
businesses in state government contracts and
purchasing.
A disparity study will:
• Engage stakeholders – including the small and
diverse business community – throughout the
process.
• Use statistics and proven research methods to
address whether or not there’s a disparity between
available minority- and women-owned businesses
and state government’s utilization of these
businesses.
• Provide a factual foundation that Washington
can use to help ensure that all state agencies are
using procurement policies and processes that
result in fair and equitable outcomes.
• Help clarify the tools available to state agencies
to ensure that contracting practices are fair and
nondiscriminatory.
The state’s disparity study will not:
• Duplicate work done during a 2014 disparity
study on transportation-related contracts
commissioned by the Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT).
• Include contracting and procurement work done
by non-state government agencies:
• Other government agencies within Washington
have conducted disparity studies related to the
contracts under their jurisdictions, including the
Port of Seattle and Sound Transit.
► ► Washington State is Conducting a Disparity Study

5. 5
Group seeks to create more opportunity,
welcoming environment for diverse businesses.
Mayor Ed Murray announced the formation of a
Women and Minority Owned Business Enterprise
(WMBE) Advisory Committee. The committee is part
of the Mayor’s ongoing efforts to strengthen equity
and inclusion in City contracting.
“Seattle wants to expand contracting opportunities
for our women and minority-owned businesses,” said
Mayor Murray. “I look forward to the committee’s work
and recommendations as we strive to create more
equity in how the City works with local entrepreneurs.”
The committee will examine the impact of City
procurement regulations, provide recommendations
for the City to pursue to strengthen contracting equity,
and evaluate the City’s progress on the Mayor’s April
2014 Executive Order on WMBE inclusion.
Serving on the WMBE Advisory Committee are the
following business and community leaders:
• Henry Yates, (Chair) Principal, Yates Consulting
• Eleonor Oshitoye, (Vice Chair) Diversity
Inclusion Manager, Mortenson Construction
• Ethan Chin, past Vice President of Business
Development and Co-Founder, Piraeus Consulting
• Colleen Gants, Co-President, PRR
Communications
• Ollie Garrett, President, PMT Solutions
• Regina Glenn, President and CEO, Pacific
Communications Consultants
• Fernando Martinez, President and CEO, NW
Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council
• George Pieper, CEO, Outsmart Office Solutions
• Roman Richards, President and owner, RJ
Richards Construction
• David Warner, Sector Manager and Vice
President, Parsons Corporation
• Pastor Ricky Willis, President, United Black
Clergy of Washington
The Advisory Committee will report directly to the
Mayor’s Office and will make formal recommendations
in 2016 and beyond. The Advisory Committee’s first
meeting took place on December 3, 2015.
“This committee is an important effort in ensuring
that the City provides opportunity and inclusion in
contracting for all its citizens, regardless of race
or gender,” said Henry Yates, chair of the WMBE
committee. “This is another key step to address
income inequality in Seattle.”
In the third quarter of 2015, 14 percent of all City
contracting services went to WMBE firms, which
puts the City on track to exceed its 2015 goal of 12
percent. In addition, 13 percent of all goods and
service purchased in 2015 have come from WMBE
vendors. Click here for more information about the
City’s WMBE spending priorities.
These efforts to expand opportunities in City
contracting follow the establishment of a community
workforce agreement between the City and nearly 20
labor unions in May of 2015 to implement Seattle’s
priority hire law. The ordinance improves access to
construction careers for women, people of color and
those from economically distressed areas on City
construction projects of $5 million or more.
► ► Mayor Murray announces Women and Minority Owned
Business Advisory Committee
WELCOME NEW TABOR MEMBERS!
• Anita DeMahy, Red Pen Studio, LLC
• Fynniecko Glover, Prep50
• Noah Addy, Digital FIO
• Talecia Garrett, Garrett ECL . IV, LLC
• Michelle Shepard, Loomis Consulting Inc.
• John Welch, Harbor Pacific Contractor
• William Ayears, Seattle Goodwill Industries
• Greg Ritke, Graham Contracting Ltd.
• Judy Johnson, Essential Business Products
• Ronald McGlone, McGlone Mediation
Services, LLC

6. Creating Opportunities
for YOU!
Together, Tabor 100 and the Minority
Business Advisory Council will be:
Learn more about MBAC by visiting www.MBAC-WA.org.
• Creating opportunities for
minority-owned businesses
• Promoting initiatives that impact
economic development
• Building a stronger minority
community with more opportunities
► ► Summer Youth Employment: Stage, Screen, and Haiku Too!
The Summer Youth Education Program [SYEP], which
Tabor 100 supports, this year danced its way into
Autumn. The free program, aimed at middle-schoolers,
focused on learning through art and movement. Tabor
100 member Kibibi Monie [who started the program
several years ago] said: “Children truly are our future.
We must help them develop and thrive in any way we
can. So many arts programs have been cut from the
schools; we want to provide the arts and academics.
This program is our way of doing that.”
This year’s classes were primarily funded through a
grant written by My World Dance & Fitness Studio
owner, Suzanne Simmons.
The 6-hour Saturday classes included acting, media
literacy, dance, videography, and poetry. The students
wrote Haiku poetry and created a video. They also
choreographed a dance routine for a poem they
memorized, worked on stage presence, and their
enunciation. Students discussed the pervasiveness
and the influence of media in their lives and learned
the basics of operating a video camera.
Teaching the classes were Nu Black Arts West Director,
Kibibi Monie; Black Stax artist, Jamal Farr; Anthony
Tackett from Tackett Films; Suzanne Simmons; and
Linda Kennedy from LK Media.
The students revealed their new skills and talents at
a special final performance for family and friends on
November 7th at the Hiawatha Lofts. Parents and
students alike said they would welcome more classes
and learning
opportunities such
as SYEP Director
Kibibi Monie’ with
SYEP students.
LINDA KENNEDY
Education Committee

7. Your First Step
Toward Success
Sign up online today!
The Port of Seattle’s Small Business
Program promotes access for small
minority, women, and disadvantaged
firms. Take your first step toward equal
access and economic opportunity.
Contact:
Office of Social Responsibility
osr@portseattle.org
www.portseattle.org/About/Organization/Pages/
Small_Business
Government Affairs Committee Wants YOU!
Do you want to have an impact on
policy in the state of Washington?
Are you interested in holding
elected officials accountable for
campaign promises?
The Government Affairs
Committee needs new members.
Responsibilities:
• Attend phone meetings once a
month (2nd
Thursdays at noon).
• Provide input to the legislative
agenda
• Volunteer to meet with elected
and/or testify
Are you interested? Email
jamila.a.johnson@gmail.com

8. THE TABOR 100 BOARD
President: Ollie Garrett
President@Tabor100.org
Vice President: Brian Sims
VP@Tabor100.org
Treasurer: Open Position
Treasurer@Tabor100.org
Secretary: Sherlita Kennedy
Secretary@Tabor100.org
Membership: Sharlene Spencer
Membership@Tabor100.org
Education: Kevin C. Washington
Education@Tabor100.org
Public Affairs: Henry Yates
PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org
Economic Development: Yemaya Hall-Ruiz
EconomicDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Government Affairs: Jamila Johnson
GovernmentAffairs@Tabor100.org
Fund Development: John Berdes
FundDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Business Development: Anthony Burnett
BusinessDev@Tabor100.org
TABOR 100 OFFICE
2330 130th Ave NE #101
Bellevue, WA 98005
425-881-8768
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
Jan 30: General Meeting. 10 a.m. - noon at The Central.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Education Committee meets after the Tabor General
Meeting, the last Saturday of the month from 12 p.m. to
2 p.m. at The Central.
Government Affairs Committee meets on the last Saturday
of the month from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., preceding the
Tabor General Meeting. The meetings are held at the
G.R.E.A.N. House Coffee & Café shop, across the street
from New Hope Baptist Church.
Membership Committee meets every second Wednesday
at The Central from 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Please contact any of the Chair’s for more
information about their committee.