The document reflects on the 10th anniversary of the Tabor 100 Gala and includes gratitude for the gala committee, sponsors, and community support. It discusses initiatives such as the Equity Empowerment Center and recognizes individuals awarded for their contributions in education and community advocacy. It also highlights the importance of unity and empowerment within the African-American community, particularly in relation to economic development and job access.

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September 2018
Message from the President
It takes a lot of volunteer hours to make the
Gala possible, and I want to thank the Gala
Committee for the very hard work they do to
make the event a success. In particular, I
would like to thank Pearl (Leung) Parker
from Vulcan for her leadership. I also want
to thank our sponsors, as we could not do this work
without your support!
It’s hard to believe, but this year marks my 10th
Gala
as President of Tabor 100 and Bruce Harrell has
been here with me for 7 of those Galas! I cannot
thank him enough for his support! When I first started
out my vision was to ensure that Tabor 100 would be
an organization that is the best example of attaining
“Power through Unifying Communities”.
We set out to be an organization that walks the talk;
that generates trust, that is committed to educational
excellence, and one that works to promote minority
business development in the Puget Sound Region. I
believe that we have done that and I hope you feel
that we have met our commitments to you.
As we look to the next chapter in the Tabor
journey, we see great things in the future. Two of our
projects are the repeal of I-200 and the addition of an
Equity Empowerment Center. Accomplishing those
goals, will be the fulfillment of Langston Tabor’s wish
to drive opportunities for economic equality into the
minority community.
The seeds of hate, intolerance, bigotry, and injustice
are growing in our communities and in our nation.
The only way to combat the ugliness that can
destroy us is through shared Unity! Galatians
3:28 says there is neither Jew nor Gentile,
neither slave nor free, nor is there male and
female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. I
hope that you will take this opportunity to
renew old acquaintances, meet new friends
and make connections that stand for unity in
family, unity with friends, unity in education and unity
in the community!
When I think of unity, I think of Family, I think of
Friends, I think of Community and I think of all of you.
We could accomplish so much if we allow ourselves
to be open and seek unity in all that we do. When
people are unified in peace, harmony and good-will
toward one another, it will make an effect upon the
world and in this room. If there was ever a time that
we need to be United; it is now!
Ten years ago, I stood at the Gala podium and
shared my Passion for this organization; my passion
for the growth of minority businesses; and a passion
for collaboration. Many of you share this passion. I
am grateful to each one of you that has helped me to
fulfill my purpose to be of service and to help others,
for that is the purpose of all mankind – to love one
another. GOD didn’t add another day to our lives
because we needed it; he added it because
someone else needed you.
I am grateful to each one of you that have helped the
Tabor organization fulfill its purpose to the
community. You have all been a blessing to me and
to Tabor 100.
Crystal Eagle Awardees
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Robert Terry
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Pre-Apprenticeship Graduates
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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.
THERE’S POWER IN UNITY!

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August 2018 General Meeting

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Equity
Empowerment
Center
The Equity Empowerment Center continues
moving ahead.
• Facility negotiations continue
• The facility will be a handsome,
well-appointed building with free parking
• Easy access to I-90 and I-5.
• Funding & sponsorship pursuits are
underway
We thank the warm community support:
• National Association of Minority
Contractors
• Seattle Vocational Institute
• Seattle Chamber of Commerce
• Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
• Office of Minority & Women Enterprises
• Seattle Urban League
We will soon begin outreach to invite those
who can use these services and spaces:
• Daily, weekly or monthly rental of private
or shared workspace
• Expert attorney, accountant, marketing,
website and other consultants at
low-cost hourly rates
• Facilities for pre-bid conferences,
training, speakers and events
Tabor Action.
Community Aspiration.
Collaboration.
Empowerment.
Equity.
Creating beautiful, high-quality
minority-focused collaborative support and
work spaces with top resources to empower,
strengthen and support business and
Contact: Nancy Locke
Nancy.M.Locke@Tabor100.org

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Congratulations to the 19th Annual Captains of Industry Crystal Eagle Awardees
Honorable Charles V. Johnson
Lifetime Achievement Award
National Association of Minority
Contractors
Community Outreach and Advocacy
Paul Pitre, Chancellor WSU Everett
Education Excellence Award
Starbucks Corporation
Excellence in Public Service
Earl Key, Director of the Office of
Equal Opportunity, WSDOT
Surprise Awardee
Patricia Hayden, Chief Program
Officer, YWCA
Community Leadership
Kevin C. Washington
Tabor Legacy Hall of Fame
Award
Servando Patlan, Diversity &
Outreach Manager, DES
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
Victoria Woodards, Mayor, City of
Tacoma
Social Equity Leadership Award

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Robert Terry, first black man to teach in Seattle public schools, dies at 91
By: Hannah Rodriguez
Seattle Times staff reporter Originally published on 9/22/18
Robert Terry served as
president of Seattle
Central College and
chancellor of the Seattle
Community College
System. As a young
educator, he hoped his
generation of students
would take on inequality: “The problems of
tomorrow will be solved by the youth of
today.”
In 1950, four years before a welder named Oliver
Brown and 12 other black parents won their
historic fight to send their kids to white-only
schools in Topeka, Kansas, Robert Terry walked
onto the auditorium stage of Seattle’s Warren
Avenue School.
There, the 23-year-old would be introduced as
Warren Avenue’s newest sixth-grade teacher,
becoming the first black man to teach in Seattle
Public Schools. His appointment came after
Seattle hired its first black teachers — two women
named Marita Johnson and Thelma Fisher — in
1947.
Mr. Terry died at his home in Seattle from kidney
disease on Sept. 1. He was 91 and a resident of
the Mount Baker neighborhood since 1962.
Warren Avenue School has since been
demolished, giving way to a development
that placed KeyArena at its current site. But the
racial inequality and segregation Mr. Terry had
worked to rectify still live on, almost 70 years after
he landed that barrier-breaking job.
In Washington, teachers still do not reflect the
demographics of their students. From last school
year’s data, only around 1.3 percent of
Washington teachers identified as black,
compared to 4.4 percent of the student
population. In 2017 around 89 percent of
Washington’s public school teachers were
white, seven percentage points higher than the
national average.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on Sept. 29, 1926,
he spent his early life in a boxcar at a segregated
logging camp before he began school in La
Grande, Ore.
As a young educator, Mr. Terry had hoped his
generation of students would work to solve
inequality. “The problems of tomorrow will be
solved by the youth of today,” he told The Seattle
Times, according to an article in the Sept. 7,
1950, edition. "I feel that being a teacher I can
help a lot in this racial business. Youngsters who
have a Negro teacher may grow up with a better
understanding of racial problems.”
Continued on page 6
Photo: Courtesy The Seattle Times

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Robert Terry, first black man to teach in Seattle public schools, dies at 91
By: Hannah Rodriguez
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Eci Ameh, DES
Emily Beck, DES
Today, Mr. Terry’s “youths” are aging, replaced
with millennials and the next generation of young
people. But his sentiment that representation
matters still rings true. Black teachers have
around 30 to 40 percent higher educational
expectations of their black students than do
non-black teachers, one study in the journal
Economics of Education Review found. Other
research concluded that black students who have
been taught by black teachers are more likely to
enter gifted programs and have fewer disciplinary
consequences.
Throughout his childhood, Mr. Terry experienced
this lack of representation in his mostly white
classrooms. Growing up in La Grande, he
attended Greenwood Elementary School, Central
Junior High School and La Grande High School.
After working at Warren Avenue School, Mr. Terry
went on to teach at Summit School in 1953 and
taught special education at Pacific School. He
earned his master’s degree in student personnel
from Seattle University in 1964, which enabled
him to pursue administrative roles.
Mr. Terry served as the president of Seattle
Central College from 1976 to 1980 before moving
on to become chancellor of the Seattle
Community College System.
Mr. Terry is survived by his wife, Frances,
daughter Deborah Terry-Hays, sons Robert D.,
Michael, W. Brian and Walter. He leaves behind
eleven grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
Mr. Terry’s funeral was held at Immaculate
Conception Church on Seattle’s Capitol Hill on
Sept. 15. The family said they would welcome
donations made in Mr. Terry’s honor to Seattle
Central College Foundation; 1701 Broadway;
Seattle, WA 98122.
Continued from page 5
Read the full article at https://www.seattletimes.com/
seattle-news/obituaries/robert-terry-seattles-first-black
-male-teacher-dies-at-91/

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Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) Program & ANEW/PACE
Pre-Apprenticeship Program Graduates
Empowerment through Employment
Our Tabor mission promotes economic development,
strength and financial stability of the
African-American community. One overwhelming
fact is severe black unemployment and
incarceration. Getting access to high-paying,
family-wage jobs is critical. Many public agencies
now require contractors hire minorities and women
for construction work creating community access to
high-pay construction work. Experienced workers
earn up to $60 an hour. Construction work is not
easy. It takes great determination, strength and
unrelenting dedication. Pre-apprenticeship training is
the start and is itself a tough and challenging
program.
Thank you to the program executives:
Krishna Richardson-Daniels, MPH
Program and Training Director | Pre-
Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) Pro-
gram
Lawrence Willis, Coordinator, Outreach and Re-
tention | Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training
(PACT)
Karen Dove, Executive Director, ANEW/PACE
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program
Lee Newgent, former Executive Secretary of the
Washington State Building Trades
Dale Bright, President of the Martin L King County
Labor Council & Political Director of the Laborers
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Monty Anderson, Executive Secretary, Seattle
Building Trades
Congratulations to the graduates!
Construction work is not easy. Pre-apprenticeship
training is itself a tough and challenging program.
These graduates brought grit, determination and
dedication.
We warmly congratulate SVI-PACT summer grad-
uates:
Abdulkerim Oumar
Randell Jeffcoat
Kelsey Sparks
Brandon Guilmette
James Miller
Rolgale Satterwhite
Emma Storey
Markius Allen
Matthew Hopkins
Niam Banks
Michael Smith
Davon Malbrough
Lamonte Coe
David Donahue
Congratulations to the recent ANEW graduates!
Kiki Berry
Antonietta Bertucci
Sheri Buck
Saralisa Lloyd
Stacy Rosevear
Delia Wettaraner
Veronica Sterling
NeNe Turner
Marana Yazza
Keana Clemetson
Teri Johnson
Catherine Aquio
Angelique Kitchen
Darlene Villafverte
Rebecca Moeai
Congratulations to Caldwell, Dwayne Winters, Ivory
Mitchell, Kiarra May, Khalid Tookas and Genesis
Gonzalez! They graduated from Direct Access to
Laborers Education and Careers, a union funded
training program. They were all dispatched to projects
on August 6. All are doing well the first week into their
careers. This is the second DALEC class and all 15
graduates are currently employed on private projects
and public works. DALEC prepares and mentors them
for successful careers as members of Laborers Local
Union 242.

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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
August GM and Gala Photos courtesy of
Keith Williams, Flyright Productions
(206) 860-9813, FlyrightProductions.net
WE ENCOURAGE YOU
TO REACH OUT!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept. 29: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10am-12pm, Central Area Senior Center
Oct. 9: Regional Contracting Forum,
8am-3:30pm, McCaw Hall at Seattle
Center
Oct. 27: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10am-12pm, Central Area Senior Center
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Sept. 29 & Oct. 27: Education
Committee meets after the Tabor
General Meeting, from 12-2pm at the
Central Area Senior Center Combined
Library and Computer Room

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19th Annual Captains of Industry Gala

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