Featuring Articles from: Sara Stewart, Tabor 100 Lobbyist Linda Kennedy, Tabor 100 Member August General Meeting and 18th Annual Captains of Industry Gala Photos Courtesy of Flyright Productions

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September 2017
18th Annual Captains of Industry
President’s Address
I want to extend my personal thanks to the
Gala Committee and all of our partners for
their hard work and dedication to Tabor 100!
It was with a heavy heart that I considered my remarks
for the 2017 Captains of Industry Gala. It seems as
though our world is more divided than ever, but I know
and I believe that God has a purpose for each and
every one of us and that every trial and tribulation
makes us stronger. If there was ever a time to show up
and shape our destiny it is now. The desire to shape
one’s destiny is the very foundation that built Tabor
100.
It is hard to believe that 44 years later, we are still
struggling for the same equality that Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. fought for. It is easy to convince ourselves that
discrimination and the lack of opportunity was a long
time ago, that this was someone else’s lifetime. It was
Not. Many of us in this room are very young, we are in
our prime… Do you think 70 is old? What about 60?
What about 50? Let’s look back for a moment….
It has only been:
• 73 years since black voters were allowed to vote
in primaries.
• It has only been 60 years since the Little Rock
Nine Integrated Central High School in Little Rock,
AR.
• It has only been 56 years since Dr. King said that
the only voting platform that would transform
America would be for blacks, poor whites,
minorities and Latinos to work together.
• It has only been 54 years since the bombing at
the 16th Street Baptist church killed 4 young girls
in Birmingham, AL.
• It has only been 53
years since this photo of a
young girl, standing with Dr.
King was taken during a
march for voting rights in
Canton, MS. That young girl
was Ollie Garrett.
• It has only been 49 years since the assassination
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• It has only been 19 years since Tabor 100 was
founded.
• It has only been 9 years since Barack Obama
became the first African-American President of
the United States of America.
• It has only been 48 days since the white
supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA.
This list could go on and on, but this is not someone
else's lifetime. This is our lifetime. It is my lifetime. This
is our destiny to shape. In a recent discussion about the
turmoil and the events happening all around us,
someone said: “If you are not actively fighting
discrimination, then you are discriminating.” That was
so powerful to me, that I wanted to share it with you.
Think about that for a moment. “If you are not actively
fighting discrimination, then you are discriminating.”
Think about that as it applies to our daily lives; to my
daily life. Many of us are in positions to drive change
and make decisions. If we are not actively fighting
discrimination, then we are discriminating.
Finally, my hope and my prayer is that we challenge
ourselves to shape a better destiny for ourselves, for
our community and for our children!
August Meeting Photos
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Legislative Update
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Umbrella Project Update
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Captains of Industry Gala
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“SHAPING OUR DESTINY”
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August Meeting Photos
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Legislative Update
By Sara Stewart
Overview: Initiative 200,
Washington’s Affirmative Action
Ban, was approved in 1998. The
measure prohibited affirmative
action on the basis of race, sex,
color, ethnicity, or national origin
in public employment,
education, and contracting. As a result,
Washington has seen a decline in college
enrollment for students of color, a decrease in
bachelor’s degrees for students of color, an
increase in unemployment among
African-Americans, an underrepresentation of
women and people of color in Washington’s
high-paying technology, aerospace and biomedical
industries and much more. Washington is one of
only 8 states in the U.S. to ban affirmative action.
This is unacceptable for the people of our state
and we need to unite together to fix this growing
problem.
I have been brought on as a part of the Tabor 100
team to work with legislators to overturn I-200. I
need your help and I want to hear your story. I
know many of you have been impacted directly by
this initiative and I need your
stories and your involvement
to help educate legislators.
The more I hear from all of
you, the better I can
communicate on behalf of
Tabor 100 to legislators.
If you haven’t shared your
message with your district’s
elected officials, I would
highly recommend doing so
now (not when legislative
session begins, but
TODAY!). We need to work
together to spread the
message and the real life impact that this hurtful
initiative has caused. The next couple of months
are vital in prepping legislators for the upcoming
session and we need to have your voice heard
before January is here.
I can’t emphasize enough how impactful it is for
lawmakers to hear from their constituents and I am
here to help arrange meetings and to clarify our
message with language that legislators will need to
hear. You can find your district and contact
information for your lawmakers at www.leg.wa.gov.
Please contact me if you have questions, need
help, and/or if you’re interested in joining me at
meetings with lawmakers this fall and winter. I look
forward to hearing from you and together, we can
get this done! You can contact me at
sara@sarastewartinc.com or at 360-229-8168.

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Umbrella Project Follow Up
By Linda Kennedy
August 12th, the day of the Rainier
Heritage Parade and Festival, was
warm and sunny and guaranteed a
large crowd. Tabor 100 / Excellent
Schools Now had a table in
Hillman City at about 39th and
Dawson. We had Tabor 100
leaflets and we supplied
membership materials, but our
major focus was to provide school
supplies.
Tabor 100 Member, Keith
Thomas, donated 24 backpacks.
The Salvation Army donated pencils, pens,
binders, composition books, markers, crayons,
and other supplies for students from pre-school
to high school.
As part of our Umbrella Project to teach students
life skills, we gave out play money and allowed
them to “buy” the backpacks and other supplies if
they could make the correct change for an
arbitrary cost set for their grade level and skill.
We gave away 26 fully loaded backpacks to
middle and high schoolers and crayons to more
than a dozen preschoolers. Rough estimates are
that 8,000 people attended the day-long Festival.
We are continuing our Umbrella
Project to prepare 9th graders for
their first job. Part of that work is
recruiting business owners to be-
come mentors. Since Tabor’s
mission states that we are
“...committed to economic power,
educational excellence, and social
equity for African-Americans and the
community at large,” what better way
to secure our economic future and
that of those who follow us than to
get involved. Bring others under your umbrella.
To learn more about the project contact me at:
206-799-4321 or Linda@LKMedia.biz
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Thank you to the Bakers/Bakeries that donated to Tabor 100’s Dessert Dash!
Brooke Quilici
Dahlia Bakery
Dianne’s Delights
Dupar & Company
Irwin’s Bakery and Café
Lori Mason Curran
Love by the Slice
On Safari Foods
Power Yummies
Salare & Junebaby Restaurant
Steph’s Sweets
Terentino Catering
The Confection Parlor
The Essential Bakery
With Style Catering
Eddie Hill, E.B. Hill & Associates, LLC
Matthew Murray, JME Partners LLC
Bernie O’Donnell, Vanir Construction
Management Inc.

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18th Annual Captains of Industry Gala

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Congratulations to the 2017 Tabor 100 Crystal Eagle and
Scholarship Awardees

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Thank you to our Partners!

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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: Dee Riley
Membership@Tabor100.org
Education: Kevin C. Washington
Education@Tabor100.org
Public Affairs: Henry Yates
PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org
Economic Development: Edson Zavala
EconomicDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Government Affairs: Vacant
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 Editor: Kalea Perry
KaleaPerry@Hotmail.com
General Meeting and 18th Annual Captains
of Industry Gala Photos Courtesy of
Flyright Productions (206) 860-9813
Umbrella Project Photos Courtesy of Keith
Thomas
WE ENCOURAGE YOU
TO REACH OUT!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept. 30: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10am - 12pm, Central Area Senior Center
Oct. 5: Policy Hash: Best Business Practices for
Paid Family Leave, 8am - 9:30am, Seattle Metro
Chamber Microsoft Events Center
Oct. 6: Navigating Seattle’s New Labor Laws,
2pm - 4pm, Goodwill Seattle
Oct. 10: ACCPNW Business Promotional
Networking Breakfast, 7am - 9:30am, Port of Seattle
Pier 69
Oct. 10: Sound Transit Strategic Marketing Part 1,
9am - 12pm, Ruth Fisher Room
Oct. 13: Alaska Business Forum, 8am - 9:30am,
Seattle Metro Chamber Microsoft Events Center
Oct. 17: Sound Transit Strategic Marketing Part 2,
9am - 11am, Video Conference
Oct. 18 - 20: 2017 Regional Leadership
Conference, Suncadia Resort, WA
Oct. 18: UW Supplier Orientation, 1pm - 2:30pm,
University of Washington
Oct. 25: All-Chamber After Hours,
5:30pm - 7:30pm, The Canal in Ballard
Oct. 28: Tabor 100 General Meeting, 10am - 12pm,
Central Area Senior Center
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Education Committee meets after the Tabor
General Meeting, the last Saturday of the month
from 12-2pm at the Central Area Senior Center