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OLLIE GARRETTPresident of Tabor 100

Meet Tabor’s New Treasurer, Anita DeMahy

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African American Male Achievement In Seattle

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New Dir. of the Office of Equal Opportunity

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How YOU Can Get Involved With Tabor

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January 2016

2016 is going to be a great year and I look forward to leading Tabor to new heights and helping you with

“Seizing Your Opportunity”.

We have much work to do if we are to reap the rewards that a robust, active, and committed organization and membership can bring. Tabor 100 is the resource where elected officials, government agencies, and prime contractors look for partnerships with the minority community. Many members have snagged opportunities as a result of their involvement in Tabor 100. Opportunities abound with many new sources of money — $16B for the state Department of Transportation, $1B in the city for road work, several Port of Seattle projects and a ballot measure that may give Sound Transit another $16M. In addition, there is more private sector work going on in the Puget Sound region than at any time in this century.

Tabor 100 is working hard to create a better way for its members to tap into opportunities. We plan to partner members who may singularly not be large enough and we offer help when a member is in the project and may need assistance. We do not take over for existing programs, but we do supplement their efforts and make sure another option exists for those who might be best working with our team as opposed to others.

As we move through 2016, you will hear more about how Tabor businesses are “seizing opportunities”. What can you do to help yourself and other Tabor 100 members now? Play for each other. As I have said many times, you are encouraged to join a Tabor Committee, attend any of the many events Tabor will be sponsoring in 2016 and you can let us know what issues you have had in running your business. Let go of fear, let go of failure and go get your opportunities!

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GET INVOLVED WITH TABOR TODAY!

Let’s start 2016 with helping Tabor 100 make a difference. I encourage you to join one or more of the committees below and let your voice be heard.

Membership Committee: The Membership Committee coordinates membership recruitment, maintains the membership list, conducts membership orientation meetings, and issues membership voting cards. Chair: Sharlene Spencer membership@tabor100.org

Public Affairs Committee: The Public Affairs Committee provides marketing and technology support relating to the organization’s newsletter and website to promote Tabor’s activities. Chair: Henry Yates – publicaffairs@tabor100.org

Fund Development Committee: The Fund Development Committee serves as the clearinghouse for general philanthropic giving. Chair: John Berdes funddevelopment@tabor100.org

Economic Development Committee: The Economic Development Committee promotes both economic and business development in the minority community through mentorship and business opportunities. Chair: Open Position economicdevelopment@tabor100.org

Business Development Committee: The Business Development Committee develops and sponsors business capacity building educational opportunities for the membership. Chair: Anthony Burnett businessdev@tabor100.org

Education Committee: The Education Committee tracks education activities, provides the membership with ways to participate in and support education reform work plus community youth educational needs, facilitates youth mentoring activities, and manages Tabor’s scholarship programs. Chair: Kevin Washington – education@tabor100.org

Government Affairs Committee: The Government Affairs Committee identifies and makes recommendations on local, state and national policy issues of concern to Tabor, and serves as the liaison between government officials and our membership. Chair: Jamila Johnson governmentaffairs@tabor100.org

CHIEF OF POLICE IS SPECIAL GUEST OF BARACK AND

MICHELLE OBAMA.

Our own Kathleen O’Toole, Seattle Chief of Police, special guest of Barack and Michelle Obama at the President’s final State of the Union Address — January 12, 2016.

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► ► Photos from the December General Meeting

EARL KEY IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

WA STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Earl is an experienced lawyer, advisor and advocate who has been recognized for his work to improve minority representation, equal opportunity hiring and compliance. Earl’s history includes

starting his own law firm and being hired by the Mayor of Niagara Falls as Chief Compliance Officer to evaluate, restructure and rebuild the city’s equal opportunity policies and to investigate civil rights as legal counsel for the Human Rights Commission.

In that role, Earl investigated allegations based on race, sexual harassment, religion, sexual orientation and other forms of discrimination.

Most recently, Earl worked as an Assistant Attorney General with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General where he represented 15+ agencies and specifically advised the agencies with respect to collective bargaining, contract interpretation, grievance procedures, investigations, discipline and unfair labor practices. Additionally, Earl represented state agencies and institutions of higher education in civil service employee appeals, trained human resource professionals on topics such as ADA, FMLA and labor relations, litigated unfair labor practices and led investigations of all forms of employment discrimination and employee misconduct.

Earl earned his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and Juris Doctor from the University of Nebraska and his Master of Laws from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Welcome OEO Director Earl Key to WSDOT’s senior leadership team. There will be many opportunities to meet and get to know him better in the months ahead. He officially starts on February 1.

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The Puget Sound economy has added 106,618 jobs since January 2010. These jobs are made possible thanks to our local small businesses. Besides being the engines of our economy, they are the unique fabric of our community.

Recently, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation published a Main Street Entrepreneurship Index comparing entrepreneurship rates among different demographic groups. According to this Index, the Puget Sound region ranks 16th out of 40 for small business startup activity in a metropolitan area. Together we have fostered the right conditions for growth and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) stands ready to keep this momentum going.

Working with our resource partners, SBA manages the largest local network of free small business advisors. We’ve also eliminated borrower and bank fees on small-dollar loans, so more local entrepreneurs can get the working capital they need to hire and grow. Last year, SBA achieved record lending of $718 million under our flagship 7(a) loan program, with loans up 17.1% for women, 26.6% for minorities, and 31% for veterans.

In an effort to expand our services across the community, we are offering increased services with

some unique and innovative programs:• SBA launched the My Brother’s Keeper

Millennials Initiative to promote youth entrepreneurship in the nation’s underserved communities.

• We are partnering with community colleges to expose young people to innovative pathways to start a business, and we’re promoting a Business Smart toolkit to train nonprofits and faith-based organizations to teach financial literacy.

• SBA’s Boots to Business initiative gives post-9/11 transitioning service members a tutorial on the basics of business ownership. The program has introduced 32,000 service members and spouses to potential careers in entrepreneurship as they rejoin the civilian workforce.

• Boots to Business: Reboot has been launched to open up the innovative Boots to Business curriculum to veterans of every era.

• SBA is partnering with local cities on Startup in a Day to create an easy-to-use online tool that allows entrepreneurs to apply for all licenses and permits needed to start a business in less than a day.

Helping local entrepreneurs start and grow businesses is the core mission of the SBA. We hope you reach out to jumpstart and scale up your small business. Check out sba.gov/local for your nearest SBA local office.

CALVIN GOINGSSBA Regional Administrator, Region 10

► ► Innovative Support for Seattle’s Small Businesses

WELCOME NEW TABOR MEMBERS!• Ronald McGlone, McGlone Mediation Services, LLC

• Judy Johnson, Essential Business Products• Jeff Wolter, The Nest Eggg Group, Inc.

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Sometimes, great ideas do come from other places – and after spending much of the second week of January with a team of 26 people from the Seattle area, I’m convinced that this is a great idea. We consistently hear how poorly our young black males are doing in school – it is long overdue for the adults to reverse that trajectory. Period.

Oakland was alone in 2010 when it created a race-based program in its schools focusing solely on African-American males. It was a controversial idea — an abandonment of a color-blind classroom to improve the lives of black boys. Yet five years later, the East Bay city is leading the nation in the growing movement to address inequities and improve the lives of African-American males.

“Cities, schools, businesses and community groups are starting to increase those opportunities,” said Chris Chatmon, Executive Director of Oakland Unified’s African American Male Achievement [AAMA] office.

“I think it’s a tipping point, a watershed moment,” Chatmon said. “We’re all beginning to lean in to supporting African-American males.”

To see a full report on how US cities are doing with respect to black males, go to: http://blackmaleachievement.org/

In Oakland, the school district has added Manhood

Development classes in 20 elementary, middle and high schools — courses for black male students, as well as other young men of color. The program also provides case managers to help the students navigate school, home, the streets and whatever else might impede their path to graduation. So far, dropout rates are down and the students’ grades are up, among other positive indicators.

It’s one thing to hear about such programs, or to have someone do a “presentation” about the programs. It is another thing entirely to be there and experience the AAMA program in action at several middle and high schools and to speak with the students and their parents, about the changes such a program has made in their lives.

Another critical aspect is developing the male facilitator corps to put into the classrooms in front of these young men. Not just teachers – but truly committed mentors and role models, men who don’t normally come through the usual 2-year Ed School programs. Yet.

This AAMA project didn’t come about easily – but Oakland found a way to develop the local “will”, as well as gather necessary resources, partners and funders to make this work. The 26 or so people from the Seattle area were all excited about what such work could mean to our youth, and have already begun initial steps to harness this commitment and explore the possibilities. Tip of the hat to Anthony Shoecraft of CCER [Community Center for Education Results] and the Black Male Think Tank for stepping up and being one of the driving forces behind the road trip and project. Not to worry, we are already talking about that next step: The girls.

My thanks, as well, to the Black Education Strategy Roundtable – who sponsored my participation in the road trip and OUSD Symposium.

Stay tuned – there’s a role for all of us to play. The Seattle area simply needs to just do this!!

Parts of the article come from a 12/12/15 San Francisco Chronicle piece about this work in Oakland, CA.

KEVIN C. WASHINGTONEducation Chair

► ► Dispatch from Oakland

Creating Opportunitities 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

Tabor 100 Economic Development Chair, Yemaya Hall-Ruiz, will be leaving her position at the City and moving out of the Pacific Northwest. Yemaya Hall-Ruiz worked for the

City of Seattle’s Finance and Administrative Services Department and operates a successful Seattle-based travel agency, Culture Connex.

“Your leadership, and passion towards this work, are an inspiration to me to keep on getting involve in my community supporting in whatever way I can. I have been learning a lot from each one of you, and I really hope I have the opportunity to work with

you again in the future. Thank you so much for your constant support during my period in Tabor 100. I feel very lucky to have met you all, and to have had the opportunity to work with some amazing people.” Hall-Ruiz says.

Yemaya has indicated she may come back to Seattle in the future and we look forward to that day. In the meantime, we want to recognize Yemaya for her service to Tabor 100 and wish her the best in her new community.

► ► We Wish You the Best, Yemaya Hall-Ruiz

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 Responsibilityosr@portseattle.org

www.portseattle.org/About/Organization/Pages/Small_Business

Anita DeMahy has joined the Tabor 100 Board of Directors as the Interim Treasurer. Anita works in Strategic Planning and Partnerships at Seattle Public Schools, has a background in

government finance and administration, and runs Red Pen Studio in South Lake Union.

After meeting Ollie last year and learning more about Tabor 100, Anita knew she wanted to be part of such a strong group of community leaders and entrepreneurs.

Please join us in welcoming Anita to Tabor 100!

“I am honored to join the Board as its newest member. My Board colleagues embody so much knowledge of the City and its systems, and years of experience in

advocacy for small, women-owned, African American and other businesses of color. I am grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to being a part of Tabor 100’s growth and development in years to come.”

► ► Meet Tabor’s new Treasurer, Anita DeMahy

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THE TABOR 100 BOARD

President: Ollie Garrett President@Tabor100.org

Vice President: Brian Sims VP@Tabor100.org

Treasurer: Anita DeMahy 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: Open Position 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 Staff@Tabor100.org

Newsletter Editor: Mel DePaoli mel@omicle.com | 425.440.1099

Webmaster: William H. Dudley WilliamDudley@jcisreal.com 425.917.8288

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT!

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Feb. 18: Differing Site Conditions on WA State Construction Projects and Ways to Allocate Economic Risk Associated with These Conditions. 2-2:45 p.m. at Foster Pepper Attorneys at Law.

Feb. 27: General Membership 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.

Economic Development Committee meets on the third Wednesday of the month at the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Please contact any of the Chair’s for more information about their committee.

City of Seattle WMBE News –January 2016 City Purchasing and Contracting Services

Director: Nancy Locke, Nancy.Locke@seattle.gov Our WMBE team Our thanks to Forrest Gillette, who left the City to pursue his family interests. Miguel Beltran will manage the program and is available at Miguel.beltran@seattle.gov or 206.684.4525. Supreme Court Ruling We are watching for the Supreme Court affirmative action ruling likely to be announced June 2016. While we have long discussed the implications of I-200, a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative efforts would impose constraints well beyond any local concern. The Supreme Court again heard the case against University of Texas at Austin, which challenges the UT affirmative efforts to foster a diverse campus. The Supreme Court was reportedly “testy” and expressed deep doubt about whether to uphold the UT affirmative action program. The ruling could restrict many government programs including contracting, irrespective of federal dollars. Construction Contracts Foster Pepper offers training and lectures for construction firms. Workshop fees range from $225 to $525 per session and cover significant issues. Developing expertise is important to manage your risks, protect your company, your profits and costs, and ultimately your success. CPCS hopes to host a city-sponsored training series through Foster Pepper later in the year, perhaps adding a session of issues unique to subcontractors such as negotiating provisions or disputes with your primes while still preserving a positive relationship. We encourage you to attend these Foster Pepper sponsored workshops, taught by our well-known legal experts who frequently work with contractors in our local region: Differing Site conditions on Washington State Construction Projects and ways to allocate economic risk associated with these conditions. Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 2:00 to 2:45. Bidding Public Works and Construction Contracts. Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Includes the bidding process, protecting against risk, current cases on termination for convenience, formalities of bid acceptance/rejections, and managing challenges in construction contracts. Construction Project Scheduling and delay claims. Wednesday, April 28, 2016. Includes primarily legal concepts for delay claims, real life issues in project delays, what to do. The Community Workforce Agreement - a quick look Known as the “CWA,” this is an agreement signed between the City and our local labor unions. It requires hiring through the union halls on City projects above $5 million and set goals for the hire of women and people of color - particularly those from “economically distressed” neighborhoods like South Seattle. The CWA has done a great job hiring women and people of color. WMBE utilization is doing very well, with utilization on the CWA Buried Reservoir at 26%.

Standard projects New CWA projects

Priority Hire – Total 20% 27.9%

Apprentices of Color 30% 64.5%

People of Color (all workers) 23% 34.5%

Women 4% 7.2%

Women Apprentices 6% 46.1%

WMBE 28% 26.2%

Your City WMBE Team Escalating issues or special needs Nancy Locke at 206-684-8903 WMBE Compliance Miguel Beltran at 206-684-4525 Construction Contracting Aleanna Kondelis at 206-684-4542 City Purchasing Pam Tokunaga at 206-233-7114 Special Assistant to the Mayor Javier Valdez at 206-684-5584 Department WMBE Contacts Office of Arts and Culture Sheila Moss at 206-233-7016 Office of City Auditor Melissa Alderson at 206-386-4168 Seattle Civil Service Commission Jennifer Greenlee at 206-233-7118 Seattle Community Police Commission Fe’ Lopez at 206-684-5175 Department of Education and Early Learning Donnie Grabowski at 206-233-2603 Department of Information Technology Ann Kelson at 206-684-0539 Department of Neighborhoods Grace Dygico at 206-684-0466 Department of Planning and Development Denise Campbell at 206-386-4035 Seattle Employees Retirement System Deontrae Sherrard at 206-615-1431 Seattle Department of Human Resources Solomon Alemayehu at 206-733-9175 Human Services Department Abdiwali Mohamed at 206-684-4167 Law Department Dana Anderson at 206-684-7761 Legislative Department Eric Ishino at 206-684-8141 Seattle Public Library Jay Donahue at 206-684-7410 Municipal Court John Kerr at 206-684-8274 Office of Economic Development Amanda Allen at 206-684-8894 Office of Hearing Examiner Patricia Cole at 206-615-1570 Office of Housing Kara Williams at 206-733-9977 Office of Intergovernmental Relations Jasmin Weaver at 206-684-8208 Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Linh Huynh at 206-727-8515 Office of Sustainability and Environment Jeanie Boawn at 206-615-0817 Seattle Parks and Recreation Sue Goodwin at 206-615-0374 Seattle Police Department Valarie Anderson at 206-733-9315 Seattle Police Pension Fund Dan Oliver at 206-386-1289 Seattle City Light John Trausch at 206-233-1559 Seattle Department of Transportation Edson Zavala at 206-684-7949 Seattle Center Ned Dunn at 206-684-7212 Seattle Fire Department Travis Taylor at 206-733-9458 Seattle Firefighters Pension Board Steven Brown at 206-625-4355 Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission Wayne Barnett at 206-684-8577 Seattle Office for Civil Rights Brenda Anibarro at 206-684-4514 Seattle Public Utilities Jean Bailey at 206-733-9155