A quick snap shot of all that Tabor has accomplished in 2015. From meetings with the Governor and Mayor, to participating in city and government events. We hope to see you at our next Tabor meeting.

1. Tabor 100’s Year in Review 2015
Learn more about how you can grow your business and get involved
with the Tabor community by visiting our website www.Tabor100.org.
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2. January 2015
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• Jamila Johnson joins Tabor’s board as
the new Government Affairs Chair.
• Tabor members attend Gov. Inslee’s
Climate Tour meeting to discuss
environmental issues and the minority
community.
• Puget Sound Energy Foundation
presents Tabor with a $7,000 check to
fund the Green Energy Scholarship
Program.
• Gov. Inslee announced Jan. 19-24th as
“Minority and Women-owned
Business Week.

3. February 2015
• Tabor presents awards to Servando
Patlan, Frank Lemos and Fred Maxie
for their involvement and commitment
to the organization.
• Steve Lee from the Mayor’s Office
introduced Javier Valdez as the new
Special Assistant to the Deputy Mayor
on WMBE Programs.
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4. March 2015
• Tabor members Leslie Jones and Alexis
Oliver were recognized by the Seattle
Medium Newspaper as two of “50
Community Women Trailblazers and
Role Models for Equal and Civil Rights”.
• Congressman Denny Heck (D-Olympia),
invited Tabor to meet with Maria
Contreras-Sweet, Administrator of the
National Small Business
Administration.
• For the 13th year, Tabor participated in
the biggest ever Regional Contracting
Forum.
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5. April 2015
• Lisa Tompkins Sa’Adeh becomes
Tabor’s Membership Chair.
• Tabor offers members two
memberships for the price of one:
Tabor 100 and the Seattle
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
• Our newsletter featured a "get
politically involved" piece on the new
District Elections in Seattle.
• The Government Affairs Committee
met and planned the largest attended
candidate forum to date hosted by
Tabor.
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6. May 2015
• Tabor hosts a “Meet the Candidates”
meeting with Lorena Gonzales, Brianna
Thomas, Pamela Banks, Michael
Maddux, and David Trotter.
• Yemaya Hall-Ruiz is Tabor 100’s new
Economic Development Chair.
• Tabor 100 featured the launch of "The
State of Black Washington," the most
comprehensive and insightful study on
Blacks in Washington State. This
publication confirmed the need for
organizations like Tabor.
• Tabor 100 Remembered Elson Floyd, a
leader in our community and former
Washington State University President.
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7. June 2015
• Tabor hosts a “Meet the Candidates”
with Jon Grant, Mercedes Elizalde,
Sandy Brown, John Roderick, and Mike
O’Brien.
• Reverend Jesse Jackson Meets with
WTIA, Tabor 100 and Community
Leaders to Talk About Justice in the
Tech Industry.
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8. September 2015
• Tabor co-hosts School Board Candidate
Forum with Excellent Schools Now,
Seattle Association of Black School
Educators, the League of Education
Voters and the Seattle Chapter of the
A. Phillip Randolph Institute.
• Sharlene Spencer becomes Tabor’s
new Membership Chair.
• Tabor participates in the Minority
Business Policy Workshop along with
NAMC, Minority Business Advisory
Council, and WA State Office of
Minority & Women’s Business
Entrepreneurs.
• Tabor participated in the Northwest
Minority Business Expo.
• City Council Forum.
www.Tabor100.org

9. October 2015
• At our 16th Annual Gala, Tabor
recognized: Joni Earl, Mayor Ed Murray,
Lance Randall, Lyle Quasim, Erin Jones,
Calvin Saunders, Lydig Construction,
and Nate Miles.
• Anthony Burnett is Tabor’s new
Business Development Chair.
• Tabor hosted the largest panel of
“Meet the Candidates” yet with 15
candidates.
• Governor Inslee recently met with the
Tabor 100 Board and Tabor members
Leslie Jones, Nancy Locke and Dr.
William Bradford, to discuss state
government contracting with minority
firms.
www.Tabor100.org

10. Nov / Dec 2015
• Business After Hours, in which many
Tabor members attended and Tabor
member Leslie Jones actually ran.
• Tabor's Advocacy for funds put in the
city of Seattle budget for "Minority and
Women Business Assistance and
Advocacy.“
• Tabor members participate in Mayor
Murray’s Women and Minority Owned
Business Advisory Committee. Henry
Yates, Ollie Garrett, and Regina Glenn.
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