Articles Featuring: -Announcement of Seattle Chief of Police, Carmen Best, Editor Contribution -Overturn I-200 - Initiative 1000 is Now Live, by Henry Yates, Tabor 100 Public Affairs Chair -June 2018 General Meeting Photos courtesy of Flyright Photography -Tabor 100 19th Annual Captains of Industry Gala Invitation

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July 2018
Message from the President
For those of you who know me, you know
that I try my best to focus on the “task at
hand.” Whether it’s starting and
maintaining a business, good stewardship
on the State Liquor and Cannabis Board or making
the latest Tabor 100 Gala a success. I thrive when
I focus.
My focus in helping to build Tabor 100 over the last
10 years as its President has been to create a
place where we can conduct our business better,
seize more opportunities, increase revenue and
grow. We are just about there. The Equity
Empowerment Center is shaping up to be a place
where businesses from mostly minority and
disadvantaged communities can get the help they
need to thrive and create a lasting legacy.
We have a building, we have a vision and we have
a number of committed partners — we need more
financial resources though. I urge you as a Tabor
100 member, or as a Tabor affiliate, to help. We
are looking for as much as $200,000 from those
who can serve as prominent sponsors. We offer
many options for naming rights among our major
sponsors and would welcome a discussion with
anyone interested in furthering our mission.
What will the Equity and Empowerment
Center offer?
A full scope of services for the Center is
available on the next page, but one of the
most important elements is its ability to
bring us together. As you know, Tabor 100 is not
the only non-profit minority business advocacy
organization around. We intend to offer the Center
to other groups, knowing that all of us will do our
best work together and not separately. There truly
is “power in unity.”
Before we launch later this year or early next, we
urge you to help move the ball forward. We are
looking for a corporate sponsor (or two) who can
take on some of our financial needs and make a
sustaining commitment. We look to the Gala to
help us generate funds and ask that if you have a
premium auction item (vacation home stay,
night-on-the town options, etc..) you donate them.
When you help Tabor, you help yourself. This is
my primary focus and the Equity and
Empowerment Center is a means to that end. I
urge you to become involved making this effort a
successful one for you, your family and your
community.
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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
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Our Equity Empowerment Center
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 workers.
Invest in Your Community
Seeking sponsors to fund and sustain. Your logo and naming rights placed for high visibility.
President Ollie Garrett
425.881.1312
staff@tabor.org
High Value Service
A cafeteria of experts for low-cost expertise and support.
Perfect to pursue and attain high-quality business
operations. Fast-response, low-cost, high caliber experts to:
• Find and evaluate your best bid opportunities
• Conduct quality control reviews of your draft bids and
RFPs
• Top-notch negotiation advice for contracts and disputes
• Analyze unsuccessful work pursuits
• Invoice for prompt payment
• Billing and pricing experts
• Connecting to licensing, bonds, insurance and capital
High Quality Work Space
• High-quality, daily or private offices for
low-cost rent
• Private desks or walk-in spaces
• Full-furnished with all the business amenities
• Secured access, mail service and receptionist
• Beautiful amenity spaces
• Conference and meeting rooms for your clients
• A business address and phone
• Direct fiber internet
• Shared lunchroom spaces
Location Highlights
A beautiful, historic building in a highly-accessible and
comfortable space near the central district. Centralized and
collaborative spaces with handsome furnishing:
• High ceilings
• Clerestory windows
• Advanced WIFI and fiber optic
• Large conference spaces
• Fully equipped meeting rooms
• Ample free parking for guests
Community
Connect and collaborate. Join other minority firms,
small businesses, trusted advocates and community
friends for regularly scheduled:
• Lunch & Learns
• Speaker series
• Networking events
• Happy hours

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June 2018 General Meeting

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Seattle Chief of Police, Carmen Best
Congratulations to Seattle Chief of Police
Nominee, Carmen Best. Chief Best is the first
African-American woman to serve as interim chief
and is set to become the first permanent
African-American chief in the history of the
Seattle Police Department once
confirmed by the City Council.
Chief Best has been with the SPD for 26
years. She has served as Deputy Chief
and presided over Special Operations
Bureaus, Community Outreach,
Investigations and Patrol Operations.
Chief Best is set to receive her Masters Degree in
Criminal Justice Leadership from Northeastern
University this year. She has completed training
at the FBI National Academy, Criminal Justice
Executive Leadership Academy, the Senior
Management Institute for Police, and the Major
Cities Chiefs Association Police Executive
Leadership Institute.
As a pillar of her community, Chief Best is actively
involved in multiple organizations. To
name a few, she is a member of the
National Organization of Black Law
Enforcement Executives, the Human and
Civil Rights Committee and she’s on the
Trustee Board for Lakeside School.
Chief Best’s history with the SPD, her
extensive training and education
solidifies her qualifications as Chief of Police. The
City Council is expected to vote on her
confirmation as early as August 13th.

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OVERTURN I-200 — INITIATIVE 1000 IS NOW LIVE
By Henry Yates, Tabor 100 Public Affairs Chair
INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
NEWSLETTER?
DROP AN EMAIL TO
Staff@Tabor100.org or
PublicAffairs@Tabor100.org
OR CALL
(425) 882-4800 Ext. 107
One of the most devastating
state laws for minority and
women-owned businesses,
I-200, is poised to be
defeated. This law, passed by
the voters in 1998, has
created a situation where
fewer than 3% of all state contracts go to
minorities or women; significantly reduced the
underserved minority population admission to
state universities; and crimped state and local
government hiring of minorities in a huge way.
While an earlier attempt to send a ballot directly to
the voters (I-1644) fell short, a new initiative,
which will go to the Legislature, is just about on
the streets and ready for signatures. I-1000 will
attempt to add some critical language that will
help address whatever may come from a changed
U.S. Supreme Court that many believe could ban
any sort of affirmative action in any state in the
future. Already, since the last initiative and failed
state bill to overturn I-200 were created, there
have been directives from the federal government
prohibiting affirmative action in college
admissions, a practice that has been invaluable
for access to higher education for minorities.
I-1000 needs 300,000 signatures by the end of the
year and you will see signature-gatherers at
supermarkets, shopping centers, churches and
anywhere else that people gather.
You can also get involved. The I-1000 team is
looking for volunteers and funding. Contact the
I-1000 Campaign Manager for more detail at
206-701-4188 and get involved!

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Study: UW’s transfer student initiatives a model for other schools
By Katherine Long Seattle Times staff reporter
Originally published June 28, 2018 at 3:55 pm Updated June 28, 2018 at 4:39 pm
The University of Washington's policies to
help transfer students succeed were
highlighted in a new report that lays out some
of the best ways to help community college
graduates earn four-year degrees.
Every year, 80 percent of community college
students say they intend to transfer to a four-year
college and earn a bachelor’s degree. But studies
show that six years after they entered community
college, only 14 percent of those students have
gotten a four-year degree.
That’s a missed opportunity, according to a new
report by the American Talent Initiative, a
partnership of some of the nation’s top public and
private universities, including the University of
Washington. The partnership is working to
increase the number of talented, low-income
students who go to college.
The initiative released a report this week that
describes how fixing this “blind spot” could greatly
increase the number of low-income, first
generation students and students of color who
earn a bachelor’s. It offers seven case studies that
show ways to get more community college
students to transfer, and finish, at four-year
schools. Two of those case studies featured work
being done at the UW.
At the UW, about 25 percent of undergrads enter
as transfers, and they’re more likely than
traditional students to come from historically
underrepresented groups. The report tells how the
university offers a wide variety of services
specifically for transfers, such as an online
academic transfer planning tool, student webinars,
weekly in-person admissions and advising
sessions, separate orientation, and academic
advisers assigned to each incoming transfer
student.
The UW has worked to build stronger
relationships with community college advisers,
including an annual statewide conference and an
event that gives community college advisers help
with the admissions process, the report says.
The UW also uses technology to help give transfer
students the information they need at the right
time, particularly while these new students are
settling into life on a university campus. Among
the services: “nudge” messages that offer
reminders and specific tips or services —
delivered when students need them most.
The study found that more than 50,000 students in
community college fail to transfer to a four-year
school. And about 15,000 of those students
earned a 3.7 GPA or higher in community college,
a sign that they could have done well in a
four-year school, researchers said.
UW President Ana Mari Cauce serves on the
American Talent Initiative’s seven-member
steering committee, and the UW is the only
Washington university that is part of the initiative.
It is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, and is a
collaboration between the Aspen Institute’s
College Excellence Program, the nonprofit Ithaka
S+R, and dozens of public and private
universities, including Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth,
Cornell, Duke and Stanford, and many of the
University of California schools.
Katherine Long: 206-464-2219 or klong@seattletimes.com;
on Twitter: @katherinelong.
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/study-uws-transfer-
student-initiatives-a-model-for-other-schools/

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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: Vacant
EconomicDevelopment@Tabor100.org
Government Affairs: Riall Johnson
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
June 2018 General Meeting Photos courtesy
of Keith Williams, Flyright Productions
(206) 860-9813, FlyrightProductions.net
WE ENCOURAGE YOU
TO REACH OUT!
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 28: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10am-12pm, Central Area Senior Center
July 31: July 2018 Monthly Business
Networking Meeting, 9am-1030am, WA State
Dept. of Commerce Conference Room,
Aug. 21-25: 34th Annual Airport Business Di-
versity Conference, The Westin Seattle
Aug. 25: SMPS Seattle Volunteer Day: West-
crest Park Revitalization with DIRT Corps,
9:45am-2pm, Westcrest Park
Aug. 25: Tabor 100 General Meeting,
10am-12pm, Central Area Senior Center
Sept. 14: Tabor 100’s 19th Annual Captains of
Industry Gala, 5pm –10pm. Waterfront Marriott,
Seattle
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Jun. 30: 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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