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February 2019
Whew! February is almost done, and we will
soon be moving into Spring!
As the seasons change, we foster hope and
encouragement that our emotional, social and
economic fortunes will change for the better. It is
important to understand that all three are wrapped up in
each other -- you feel better if your economic situation
is improved.
To that end, I want to emphasize the reason Tabor 100
was created, but also, why it is especially important
now to improve the economic conditions of the minority
community, especially the African American
community. Both the creation of the Business
Development HUB (formerly Economic Empowerment
Center) and the passage in the Legislature of I-1000
are critical to improving our economic situation.
A recent Seattle Times article laid out our economic
condition in very stark terms. What we are paid means
less than our long-term net worth. The same is true
about what we spend – we can spend whatever, but
the real key to our future and that of our kids and others
in our community is what we have in the bank or the
brokerage, the real estate we own, the appreciable
assets that make up our overall worth. Bolstering this
net worth is really what we, as an minority economic
engine, are about. Overall, one of the best ways to
improve net worth is through successful business
ownership, the basics of both the Business
Development HUB and passage of I-1000.
The Seattle Times article states that in King and
Snohomish counties the average net worth of a
household is $399,000. In fact, it goes on to say
that we are living in one of the “richest places in
the nation.” The median a household net worth
among more than 100 metro areas that make up the
U.S., is $110,000, so we almost quadruple that
number, ranking us tenth in net worth nationwide.
Unfortunately, the wealth that is touted in the first part
of the article only does not extend equally by race.
For Latinos living in our region, their net a household
worth is around $90,000. For African Americans, their a
household net worth is about $23,000. It seems that the
economic “good times” as I have stated in previous
articles, are not apparent for either Latino or African
American households. It seems that the one
differentiator is home ownership, a product of income
generation. Those who are making money, through
business and otherwise, can afford a home and that
factor alone allows them and their family to prosper
economically. Interestingly, among African Americans
nationwide, this regions African American households
have has a lower homeownership rate.
The Seattle Times article is alarming and another
reminder of why we at Tabor 100 are doing the work
we are doing. I again implore you to join us and want to
assure you that we will keep it up with the goal of
changing these numbers for the better.
Message from the President
Vision Becomes Reality
Tabor 100 is an association of entrepreneurs and business
advocates who are committed to economic power, educational
excellence and social equity for African-Americans and the
community at large.
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January GM Recap
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January 2019 General Meeting

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WHAT YOU MISSED – TABOR 100 JANUARY 2019 GENERAL MEETING
I-1000
This topic led the discussion at the General
meeting with former State Representative Jesse
Wineberry giving an update on the progress of the
Initiative. He confirmed that it received more than
390,000 signatures, more than any other initiative
to the Legislature has ever gotten. He explained
that the Legislature can approve the initiative “as
is” and it would become law or it could come up
with an alternative that would be placed on the
ballot in November or simply not act on I-1000,
which would automatically place it on the ballot.
His assessment of a vote in the Legislature was
positive.
He also issued an appeal for funding to help pay
the Initiative’s signature gatherers.
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING (CHH)
CEO Chris Persons talked about the Liberty Bank
Building, which opens March 23rd
. The project
achieved 30% WMBE participation. Three African
American businesses have been slated for
occupancy in the building including Earls’ Cuts
and Styles, an iconic central-area barbershop;
That Brown Girl Cooks!, opening its first retail
outlet after many years of catering in the Puget
Sound region; and a coffee shop, owned and
operated by an African American.
Persons talked about Capitol Hill Housing’s’
partnership with Africatown Community Land
Trust, Byrd Barr Place and Black Community
Impact Alliance. The Coalition is called RISE
Together. He also touted a new building on 14th
and Union and the fact that CHH owns and
operates 51 properties in which there are
opportunities for construction and maintenance.
He also mentioned that it is engaged in 6+ new
projects that also present opportunities for Tabor
100 members. Lastly, he announced that Capitol
Hill Housing is seeking candidates for a VP of
Properties position.
SKANSKA
Skanska announced that it has secured the
contract to build the new Highline High School in
the Burien area which will cost $108 million.
Margo@skanska.com is the contact person for
the project.
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CITY OF SEATTLE PRIORITY HIRE
Liz Alzeer and Rick Dimmer from the City of
Seattle talked about the $67 billion in construction
opportunities that are coming to the region over
the next two decades and the need to find
minority workers to complete them. Rick talked
about several aspects of the City of Seattle’s
Priority Hire Program and the ability for minority
workers to gain valuable skills that can be used in
other public works projects. He specifically noted
opportunities with the City’s Waterfront Project
and Key Arena, but also mentioned that there are
many smaller projects in need of workers.
The City’s objective with these projects is to drive
employment and minority business capacity within
minority communities. He talked about several
aspects of the city’s WMBE (Women, Minority
Business Enterprises) and employment programs
including college credit features, Labor and
Industries Training requirements and the fact that
the city is focusing on recruitment, training and
retention of workers. Rick can be reached at
Rick.Dimmer@seattle.gov.
DES DISPARITY STUDY/I-1000
Chris Liu, Director of the State Department of
Enterprise Services, talked about the Governor’s
strong support for I-1000 and the Administration’s
efforts to be a leader in helping making it a reality
through a vote in the Legislature this year.
In addition, Chris mentioned the upcoming DES
Disparity study, which he indicated would be
made public in February.
WHAT YOU MISSED – TABOR 100 JANUARY 2019 GENERAL MEETING
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‘I’ve never had a black teacher’: Seattle-area students share how educators’
lack of diversity affects them
By: Mohammed Kloub -- Seattle Times Originally published February 15, 2019
We’re giving students the last word in the final
installment of our teacher-diversity series.
In case you missed it, we began with a big
endeavor to quantify the issue in our state: “To
fully represent today’s students, about 29,500 of
Washington’s 64,700 teachers would have to be
people of color,” we reported.
We then shared promising approaches to
recruiting and keeping more teachers of color
from two regions of the state, the Puget Sound
and Southwest Washington.
In the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing
responses from Washington teachers and
students to the representation gap and our
reporting. We started with one round of
responses from educators, another round from
students and a second one from teachers.
For the final piece, we’re sharing the experiences
of those most directly affected once more:
students.
Here’s what we asked them:
• Do you feel your race has ever affected the
way teachers interact with you? How?
• Do you think it’s important to have teachers
who come from a similar background as you?
Why or why not?
Have you ever had a teacher who was the same
race as you? How did it affect your experience in
that class?
Because many of these students are minors, we
are only identifying them by their first names.
Here’s what a few had to say.
Aminah, a high-school senior who identified as
black, doesn’t believe her race has ever affected
the way educators interact with her, saying she
has “always had good relationships” with
teachers.
Despite her own good relationships, Aminah still
stressed that it’s “highly important” for students to
have teachers of similar backgrounds they can
relate to. When it comes to students misbehaving
in class, for instance, Aminah said teachers of
color try to deal with it directly, whereas white
teachers in her experience “automatically send a
student out of class.”
“Sadly, I’ve never had a black teacher … I had a
black [substitute teacher] back when I was a
freshman for three days and I realize when I had
the black sub I felt even more comfortable in my
learning and even enjoyed it,” Aminah wrote. “I
understood the content better. I felt comfortable
because it was a teacher who talked like me, and
taught in a way I can understand.”
Josie, an eighth-grade student in Seattle,
identified as white and said her race has definitely
affected how teachers interact with her.
“I am white and have noticed that when I do well
on something teachers are more likely to
congratulate me than my friends of color who also
did well,” Josie wrote. “I have also noticed in my
language-arts class (which is predominantly
black) when we have subs who are white they are
more likely to ask me for help than students of
color.”
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“Almost all of my teachers have been white,” Josie
continued. “I have found that the few teachers of
color I have had make more of an effort to relate
to students and be there for students.”
Leonel, an eighth-grader from Tacoma, identified
as Mexican and Salvadorian and said he’s had
three teachers of color since kindergarten.
“We talked the same language and we had some
stuff in common,” he wrote. “Sometimes it makes
me think that other students or adults [of color]
would be able to become a teacher.”
Maddie, another eighth-grader, identified as half
white and half African American. She is one of the
few black students in her Highly Capable Cohort,
or gifted program, she said.
“I tend to feel that teachers don’t prioritize my
learning as much as white students,” Maddie
wrote. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a biracial teacher
and it has made it very difficult for me to connect
to the curriculum in any class.”
Mariam, a high-school senior who identified as
black and Middle Eastern, said she often feels
uncomfortable talking with her white teachers
outside of class.
“It’s due to the racist comments students make
with those same teachers in class, and they do
not call it out,” she wrote. “White teachers act as if
they don’t hear racist comments being directed at
students of color in their presence.”
Mariam went on to say she has had one teacher
with the same racial background as her, and he
routinely told his students to come to him if they
ever experienced racist incidents in school. She
felt more at ease in his class, she said, and her
grades even went up.
“We, as students, are told to talk to adults about
harassment,” Mariam wrote. “However, white
teachers don’t seem to care about racist
harassment in schools. I would feel more at ease
talking to adults about racist comments if they
were able to share my experiences.”
Queshdah, a Colville Native American alumnus of
Seattle schools, said meeting a Native American
teacher made a huge difference in high school.
“It was important for me to learn things only she
could teach because of her experiences, and the
things she was taught,” Queshdah wrote. “It was
culturally grounding to have a Native teacher who
could genuinely give me and others a safe place
to explore where they come from, and what it
means to each student to be Native.”
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Michaela Doelman, DES
Ceceille Nguyen, 360 Adviser Team
Kendrick Stewart, DES
‘I’ve never had a black teacher’: Seattle-area students share how educators’ lack of
diversity affects them
By: Mohammed Kloub -- Seattle Times Originally published February 15, 2019
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DROP AN EMAIL TO
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THE TABOR 100 BOARD
President: Ollie Garrett
President@Tabor100.org
Vice President: Brian Sims
VP@Tabor100.org
Treasurer: Aundrea Jackson
Treasurer@Tabor100.org
Secretary: Sherlita Kennedy
Secretary@Tabor100.org
Membership: Vacant
Membership@Tabor100.org
Education: Kevin C. Washington
Education@Tabor100.org
Public Affairs: Henry Yates
PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org
Economic Development: Manal al-Ansi
EconomicDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Government Affairs: David Hackney
GovernmentAffairs@Tabor100.org
Fund Development: Abdul Yusuf
FundDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Business Development: Anthony Burnett
BusinessDev@Tabor100.org
TABOR OFFICE
2330 130th Ave. NE #101
Bellevue, WA 98005
425-882-4800 x 107
Staff@Tabor100.org
Newsletter Graphic Design and Editor:
Kalea Perry, KaleaPerry@Hotmail.com
General Meeting Photos Courtesy of Keith
Williams Flyright Productions,
Flyrightproductions.net, 206-860-9813
WE ENCOURAGE YOU
TO REACH OUT!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb. 23: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10am-12pm, Central Area Senior Center
March 5: Sound Transit Drop In, 11am-12pm,
Sound Transit Headquarters
March 13: UW Supplier Orientation,
1pm-2:30pm, UW Seattle Campus Roosevelt
Commons West.
March 14 & 15: Gov’t Cost Accounting Seminar,
8am-4pm, Sound Transit.
March 18 & 19: Creating Gov’t Cost Proposals,
8am-4pm, Sound Transit.
March 20: Downtown Redmond Light Rail Link
Pre-Proposal Meeting, 10am-2pm, Redmond
Community Center, Marymoor Village
March 21: 2019 City of Seattle Upcoming
Conslultant Business Opportunities Forum,
8am-12pm, Seattle City Hall– Bertha Knight
Landes Room.
March 30: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10am-12pm, Central Area Senior Center
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Feb. 23 & March 30: Education Committee
meets after the Tabor General Meeting, from
12-2pm at the Central Area Senior Center
Combined Library and Computer Room

9. Technical Assistance Services
City of Seattle – Request for Proposal
Due Date: March 14, 2019, 3:00 PM
The City of Seattle is seeking to contract with an organization to provide procurement and contracting-related
technical assistance services to firms interested in doing business with the City of Seattle in a prime or
subcontracting capacity, with specific focus on WMBE firms, and providing reporting and outcome information to
the City. The scope of technical assistance services may include, but not be limited to the following areas:
• Providing firms with assistance navigating the City of Seattle contracting processes, including business
and contract requirements,
• Provide guidance to firms to understand requirements for responding to purchasing and construction bids,
responding to RFPs/RFQs, contract negotiation principles,
• Provide business development assistance,
• Provide Outreach/Recruitment services, and
• Reporting.
For RFP documents and more information please visit https://consultants.seattle.gov/2019/02/07/technical-
assistance-services-fas-rfp-2019-001/
City of Seattle Bid Opportunities
• Public works projects are advertised in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce and online at the eBid
eXchange website: https://www.ebidexchange.com/seattle/.
• A complete list is on the City Purchasing and Contracting Services (CPCS) website at
www.seattle.gov/city-purchasing-and-contracting/construction-contracting.
• For Purchasing and Goods and Services opportunities visit the Buy Line Blog
http://thebuyline.seattle.gov/category/bids-and-proposals/
• For Consultant Contracts visit http://consultants.seattle.gov/category/announcements/
City of Seattle WMBE News – February 2019
City Purchasing and Contracting Services
Director: Liz Alzeer, Liz.Alzeer@seattle.gov

10. Upcoming Events
Introduction to Working with the City of Seattle Workshops (in Spanish)
Friday March 15, 2019 from 10 am - 12 pm
Seattle Municipal Tower - 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4080. Seattle, WA 98108
This program will be presented in Spanish. Learn about how to do business with the City of Seattle. Learn about
City bid processes for your product/service, get information about the Consultant Roster program and
application process, learn about the City’s Public Works contracting process, hear about the City’s WMBE
resources, and more. There will be assistance – step by step – to register onto the City of Seattle’s Online
Business Directory. For more information, please contact Carmen Kucinski at Carmen.Kucinski@seattle.gov
2019 City of Seattle Upcoming Consultant Projects Forum
Thursday March 21, 2019 from 8:00 am to 12 pm
Seattle City Hall - Bertha Knight Landes Room. 600 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
We would like to invite you and your consultant community network to join us for the 2019 City of Seattle Upcoming
Consultant Business Opportunities Forum. This event will provide the consultant community with information about
upcoming opportunities to do business with the City of Seattle. There will be department representatives from,
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Seattle City Light (SCL), and Seattle
Department of Finance and Administration (FAS). Contract Managers will present information on several designs,
engineering services, and support services projects. Contract Managers and other staff will be available to speak
one-to-one with consultants and consultants will also have time to network with each other. Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-of-seattle-upcoming-consultant-business-opportunities-forum-registration-
54983544261
Public Works Contracting
Ship Canal Water Quality Project - Storage Tunnel Package
Formal advertisement is expected in early March 2019.
The Storage Tunnel Package is part of the Ship Canal Water Quality Project (SCWQP). The SCWQP will
reduce combined sewer overflows in to the Lake Washington Ship Canal. It is a shared project between SPU
and King County (KC) that will construct an offline, deep storage tunnel between the Ballard and Wallingford on
the north side of the Ship Canal. For more information, please contact the SPU Project Manager, Stephanie
Secord at Stephanie.Secord@seattle.gov or (206) 386-9778. or refer to the program website at
http://www.seattle.gov/Util/EnvironmentConservation/Projects/ShipCanalWaterQuality/index.htm
The package is estimated at ~$219M and includes:
• Excavation and support for five shafts
• Excavation and support for 13,939 feet of 18-foot 10-inch Inside Diameter segmentally lined tunnel
• Excavation and support for 646 feet of 94-inch Inside Diameter microtunnel
• Excavation and support for two 8 foot Inside Diameter conventionally mined adits
• Disposal of excavated materials
• Installation of surface conveyance pipe at 3 of the shaft locations
• Installation of structures and concrete work at 4 of the shaft locations
• Installation of Mechanical, HVAC, Electrical, I&C components and Piping at 4 of the shaft locations
• Tieback removal
• Site Restoration and street improvements
The main construction site is near 24th and Shilshole Avenues NW in Seattle, WA’s Ballard neighborhood. There
are 4 additional sites; near 11th
Ave. NW and NW 45th
St. in Ballard, near Leary Way NW and NW 2nd
Ave. in
Fremont, near N 35th
St. and Interlake Ave. N in Wallingford, and near 3rd
Ave. W and W Ewing St. in North Queen
Anne neighborhood. This package is a Covered Project subject to the City of Seattle’s Community Workforce
Agreement (CWA) and Priority Hire SMC 20.37.

11. The City is committed to socially-responsible procurement and promoting social equity through our contracts. We work to
ensure open and fair procurements, competitive and fair pricing, environmentally-sustainable solutions, best labor practices,
access to equal benefits and utilization of WMBE firms, when applicable, in City bid decisions and contracts.
Your City WMBE Team
Director Liz Alzeer 206-684-4535
WMBE Compliance Miguel Beltran 206-684-4525
WMBE Assistance Carmen Kucinski 206-684-0188
City Purchasing Pam Tokunaga 206-233-7114
Mayor’s Policy Advisor for Economic
Inclusion and Contracting Equity Edson Zavala 206-684-5584
Department WMBE Contacts
Office of Arts and Culture Sheila Moss 206-233-7016
Office of City Auditor Melissa Alderson 206-386-4168
Seattle Civil Service Commission Jennifer Greenlee 206-233-7118
Seattle Community Police Commission Fe’ Lopez 206-684-5175
Dept. of Education and Early Learning Donnie Grabowski 206-233-2603
Dept. of Information Technology Jeremy Doane 206-684-5962
Dept. of Neighborhoods Grace Dygico 206-684-0466
Dept. of Planning and Development Samuel Assefa 206-386-1183
Dept. of Construction and Inspections Denise Campbell 206-386-4035
Finance and Administrative Services Javier Valdez 206-684-5584
Seattle Employees Retirement System Deontrae Sherrard 206-615-1431
Department of Human Resources Solomon Alemayehu 206-733-9175
Human Services Department Terry Hayes 206-684-0275
Law Department Dana Anderson 206-684-7761
Legislative Department Eric Ishino 206-684-8141
Seattle Public Library Jay Donahue 206-684-7410
Dept. of Education and Early Learning Donnie Graboski 206-233-2603
Municipal Court John Kerr 206-684-8274
Office of Economic Development Amanda Allen 206-684-8894
Office of Hearing Examiner Patricia Cole 206-615-1570
Office of Intergovernmental Relations Jasmin Weaver 206-684-8208
Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Katherine Cortes 206-733-9116
Office of Sustainability and Environment Jeanie Boawn 206-615-0817
Seattle Parks and Recreation Sue Goodwin 206-615-0374
Seattle Police Department Valarie Anderson 206-733-9315
Seattle Police Pension Fund Dan Oliver 206-386-1289
Seattle City Light Kara Williams 206-684-3641
Seattle Department of Transportation Viviana Garza 206-684-5188
Seattle Center Ned Dunn 206-684-7212
Seattle Fire Department Julie McCarty 206-386-1259
Seattle Firefighters Pension Board Steven Brown 206-625-4355
Seattle Ethics and Elections CommissionWayne Barnett 206-684-8577
Seattle Office for Civil Rights Brenda Anibarro 206-684-4514
Seattle Public Utilities Katia Garcia 206-733-9155
WMBE Program
The City actively supports utilization of WMBE
on City contracts as both primes and
subcontractors, and each City department
establishes plans and annual voluntary goals
for WMBE inclusion in consulting and
purchasing contracts. The City recognizes
WMBE firms that self-identify with at least 51
percent minority or women ownership. To learn
more about the City’s WMBE programs, contact
the Contract Compliance Manager, Miguel
Beltran at 206-684-4525
Priority Hire
City construction projects of $5 million or more
operate under a community workforce
agreement (CWA) and are required to have a
percentage of project hours performed by
workers living in economically distressed areas
and to achieve goals for hiring women and
people of color. For more information contact
the Labor Equity Manager, Anna Pavlik at
206-615-1112
Acceptable Work Site
The City requires that our construction work
sites are respectful, appropriate, and free from
bullying, hazing and other similar behaviors.
CPCS monitors work site, provides trainings
and materials, responds to complaints, and
enforces as needed. For more information,
contact Michael DeGive at 206-386-4128
First Friday drop-in training
How to do Business with the City
At these “101” sessions, the City provide
information to vendors, consultants and
contractors on how to do business with the City
including tips on bidding, explanations of
procedures and forms and an opportunity to
meet the buyer for your commodity or specialty.
When: First Friday of the month.
Time: 9 to 11 am
Where: Seattle Municipal Tower,
700 fifth Ave. Suite 4080, Seattle
No RSVP is needed.
Social Responsibility in City of Seattle Contracting