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Get the newsletter online and stay connected through social media! OLLIE GARRETT President of Tabor 100 Tabor Neighbors, Many are reflecting on the adversities in 2014, but I want to focus on what is to come and encourage all of you to take advantage of what could be the best business climate in this state and region in many decades. As President of Tabor 100, I intend to work diligently to present as many new opportunities to you as possible. It is my goal to have as many Tabor members as possible sharing in the prosperity that 2015 will bring. Last year, the city of Seattle grew faster than any other major American city, according to the US Census Bureau. The University of Washington alone intends to spend $7.5 billion over the next ten years, the city of Seattle, $5.3 billion over the next six and the Port of Seattle, $2.2 billion over 5 years. Sound Transit is also poised to spend record amounts as is the state Department of Transportation and other state agencies. This growth means economic opportunity for Tabor members, but we must aggressively pursue it and make sure that our voices are heard and that we make sure those who are creating economic opportunities understand we are an important component in that effort. I am pleased to say that Tabor has worked closely with many public and private sector partners who are responsible for fueling the unprecedented economic growth this region is experiencing. For 2015, we will work even closer with those who are enhancing the economy of this region to help you build your business and create a legacy. I would be remiss if I did not remind you that much of this work happens because of dedicated volunteers who have the interest of our community in mind and recognize that in the act of giving, they also receive. If you are a Tabor member, I want you to become an active member. If you are not a Tabor member, I want you to become a member and player in the game! I wish all of you a blessed and peaceful Christmas season. I encourage you to be prepared to set your sights on 2015, sharing in the prosperity that will unfold next year and beyond. I want all of the Tabor community to experience a more prosperous 2015 and we do that by strengthening our partnerships. Let’s embrace diversity and fight through adversity. Please visit www.Tabor100.org to read Ollie’s complete President’s message. Ollie Garrett Receives Women of Valor Award 6 James Evans is the New Assistant Director at UW 5 WSDOT is More Visible to Our Community 3 Are You Ready to Get Involved with Tabor 100? 2 Nov / Dec 2014

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Get the newsletter online and stay connected through social media!

OLLIE GARRETTPresident of Tabor 100

Tabor Neighbors,

Many are reflecting on the adversities in 2014, but I want to focus on what is to come and encourage all of you to take advantage of what could be the best business climate in this state and region in many decades. As President of Tabor 100, I intend to work diligently to present as many new opportunities to you as possible. It is my goal to have as many Tabor members as possible sharing in the prosperity that 2015 will bring.

Last year, the city of Seattle grew faster than any other major American city, according to the US Census Bureau. The University of Washington alone intends to spend $7.5 billion over the next ten years, the city of Seattle, $5.3 billion over the next six and the Port of Seattle, $2.2 billion over 5 years. Sound Transit is also poised to spend record amounts as is the state Department of Transportation and other state agencies. This growth means economic opportunity for Tabor members, but we must aggressively pursue it and make sure that our voices are heard and that we make sure those who are

creating economic opportunities understand we are an important component in that effort.

I am pleased to say that Tabor has worked closely with many public and private sector partners who are responsible for fueling the unprecedented economic growth this region is experiencing.

For 2015, we will work even closer with those who are enhancing the economy of this region to help you build your business and create a legacy. I would be remiss if I did not remind you that much of this work happens because of dedicated volunteers who have the interest of our community in mind and recognize that in the act of giving, they also receive. If you are a Tabor member, I want you to become an active member. If you are not a Tabor member, I want you to become a member and player in the game!

I wish all of you a blessed and peaceful Christmas season. I encourage you to be prepared to set your sights on 2015, sharing in the prosperity that will unfold next year and beyond. I want all of the Tabor community to experience a more prosperous 2015 and we do that by strengthening our partnerships. Let’s embrace diversity and fight through adversity.

Please visit www.Tabor100.org to read Ollie’s complete President’s message.

Ollie Garrett Receives Women of Valor Award

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James Evans is the New Assistant Director at UW

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WSDOT is More Visible to Our Community

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Are You Ready to Get Involved with Tabor 100?

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THE 15TH ANNUAL GALA PHOTOS?

Keith Williams, founder of Flyright Productions LLC wishes you a happy holidays and has offered to share all of this year’s Gala photos with you, our beloved Tabor community.

1. Access them here: www.seemyprints.com

2. Search “Tabor 100”

3. Password is “gala”

GET IN THE GAME WITH TABOR 100 IN 2015!

Are you interested in being more involved with Tabor 100 in 2015? If you would like to become a Committee Chair, Co-chair or serve on a specific committee, let our president, Ollie Garrett know today! [email protected].

The committees are:

1. Business Development Committee: builds, develops, and articulates the business knowledge base of the Tabor 100; Provides recommendations on organizational and member development issues.

2. Economic Development Committee: promotes initiatives impacting economic development, wealth creation and business opportunity in the minority community.

3. Education Committee: partners with other organizations to meet community educational needs; facilitates youth mentoring activities; oversees Tabor 100 Scholarship Programs.

4. Fund Development Committee: responsible for developing fundraising strategies and seeking charitable donations and grants in support of Tabor 100’s activities and programs.

5. Government Affairs Committee: serves as liaison with business and legislative organizations on issues of concern for Tabor 100.

6. Membership Committee: coordinates and promotes membership recruitment initiatives for Tabor 100, and processes new members into the organization

7. Public Affairs Committee: provides the marketing and technology capabilities to promote Tabor 100 communications. Responsible for maintaining and publishing the Tabor 100 website and newsletter.

8. Gala Committee: serves as the team responsible for planning Tabor’s yearly Gala event. The charge of the Committee is to execute all aspects required to plan and carry-out the event.

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LYNN PETERSONWSDOT Secretary of Transportation

►WSDOT Update: Being More Visible to the DBE and Minority Contractor Community

People can’t find opportunities if they don’t know where to look. With that in mind, we’ve worked very hard in recent months to increase the visibility of the information we make available to the DBE and minority contractor community.

Step one in that effort: freshening up our website. Visitors to www.AlaskanWayViaduct.org will now find a link to DBE information displayed prominently on our home page. Clicking on the link takes them to our newly revamped DBE web page, which includes a wealth of information about DBE progress on the tunnel and other viaduct replacement projects, as well as easy-to-find contact information for firms seeking opportunities.

In-person outreach has also been an area of focus. In addition to attending events within the DBE community, Seattle Tunnel Partners recently launched a series of monthly meetings that highlight upcoming contracting opportunities. Attendees at these meetings can connect with project staff, discuss progress and – most importantly – learn about potential ways for their firms to seek work on this historic project.

Like WSDOT, STP has continued to step up its DBE efforts. They established a Subcontracting Oversight committee that has already made significant progress toward clarifying the procurement process for contracts, and improving transparency and accountability related to bidding opportunities.

In addition to increased communication and process improvements, both WSDOT and STP have brought in new staff to assist in our efforts. WSDOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity recently welcomed Kara Larsen to serve as interim director of OEO. Formerly with the Office of the Attorney General, Labor and Personnel Division, Larsen’s experience includes working with state agencies on compliance with anti-discrimination laws and workforce development. Also, Henry Yates is serving as OEO’s interim DBE liaison officer. Yates

has more than 20 years of experience in government relations and community and constituent outreach. He will work closely with Larsen to increase DBE participation throughout the state. You can reach both Henry and Kara by phone at 360-705-7090, or by email at [email protected] or [email protected].

STP recently hired Jan Keiser – a professional civil engineer and an attorney with over 30 years of experience working with public works construction projects – to provide additional oversight for their DBE program. Keiser most recently served as construction counsel for King County Metro and Sound Transit, where she worked with the technical teams and diversity program offices to administer procurement processes, develop contract documents, resolve disputes and help build the capacity of WMDBEs.

Of course none of these efforts matter if they don’t yield results. I’m pleased to share that STP’s latest utilization report shows they are nearly halfway toward achieving their $96 million DBE contract requirement for the project. Through September 2014, 92 certified DBE firms had participated on the project, with STP still working hard to bring on additional firms.

We’ve taken some important steps recently to strengthen our commitment to support small businesses and ensure a level playing field exists in our federally funded contracts. As a former small business owner, I understand the importance of small businesses. Firms like those owned by Tabor 100 members power economic development and prosperity for our state, and we will continue to take steps to remove barriers and help socially and economically disadvantaged firms to succeed.

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At the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), we’re all about helping small businesses start, grow and succeed. Collaboration with SBA resource partners is essential because they provide quality one-on-one counseling, training and mentorship that can help unleash small business potential. In fiscal year 2014, these efforts helped small businesses receive more than $4.7 billion in capital infusion, start over 13,500 new companies and create and retain more than 70,000 jobs.

SBA resource partners are available to help build small businesses success and include SCORE, Small Business Development Centers (SBDC), Women Business Centers (WBC) and Veterans Business Outreach Centers (VBOC). Together, they counseled and trained over 1 million clients in fiscal year 2014.

SBA’s vast network of resource partners serve and mentor the dynamic demographics of the United States. From women, to Encore entrepreneurs over the age of 50, to veterans and millennial entrepreneurs, SBA resource partners have helped the small business community raise start up and growth capital, start new companies and sell billions of dollars in

products and services globally.

One business that received SBA resource partner assistance is Michael Gray, who bought Denis Gray Trucking from his father. After being accepted to the SBA Emerging Leaders program – a seven-month executive education course for businesses poised for growth – Gray created and implemented a new pay model for his drivers. His driver turnover rate went from 100% from the same quarter the year before (the national average is 90%) to 14%, and he’s been able to hire five more highly-qualified drivers.

Since graduating from the Emerging Leaders program Michael has worked with a SCORE counselor and meets weekly with an SBDC counselor. Thanks to their guidance, he has hired three additional office staff, put new accounting and budget practices into place and expanded his business into specialized loads, which are beginning to produce high profits for the company.

So, if you’re thinking of starting, growing or managing a small business, connect with your local SBA District Office at www.sba.gov/local who can connect you to the nearest SBDC, SCORE chapter, WBC or VBOC to empower your next small business move.

CALVIN GOINGSRegional Administrator, SBA

►We Can Make it Happen!

Tabor 100 is excited to introduce you to our newest Board Member, Tracey L. Cruise. Tracey has been appointed as the Interim Treasurer for Tabor 100. After joining Tabor 100, she immediately got in the game as an active volunteer, helping out with the Vulcan tradeshow and other activities.

Tracey L. Cruise is a native of Seattle and a graduate of Franklin High School. She was a voice major at the University of Puget Sound. Her professional career includes 17 years in the retail banking industry, 18 years in the residential mortgage industry and 14 years in the hotel industry. She currently works as a Loan Consultant

for imortgage whose parent company is Loan Depot. She has served on the boards of the Ballard Chamber of Commerce, the Seattle Metro Chapter of Women’s Council of Realtors, the Bel Canto Performing Arts Society. Her hobbies include singing and home remodeling. She is a devoted mom and

“Gammie” to one daughter, son-in-law and grandson in Atlanta, Georgia.

Let’s welcome Tracey L. Cruise as part of the team. She is well qualified and excited to be part of the Tabor 100 organization.

►Tracey L. Cruise is Tabor 100’s Interim Treasurer

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JAMES EVANS IS THE NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-

CONSTRUCTION AND A&E DIVERSITY AT THE UNIVERSITY

OF WASHINGTON

On Monday, November 3rd, after seven fulfilling years with Sound Transit and a brief stint as an independent consultant, James Evans joined the University of Washington as the new Assistant Director-Construction and A&E Diversity, reporting to Richard K. Chapman, Associate Vice President, Capital Projects Office.

In this new role, he will be responsible to provide leadership and expertise in the area of business diversity, and help develop practicable strategies to facilitate significantly greater utilization of Small Business and Minority / Women-owned firms on University of Washington projects. These strategies will span construction, consulting, and procurement. Evans will collaborate with, and serve as a resource to the CPO team as we pursue our goal of sustained and measurable improvement. In addition, he will be working with the team to develop credible baseline metrics to measure where we are, where we want to be, and how we plan to get there.

Evans says about his new role, “This is an exciting opportunity and challenge for me, and with the collaboration of my colleagues here at the University, along with your support, we hope to make the Huskies, not only the Big Dogs but also the lead dogs when it comes to meaningful business inclusion!”

There’s nothing quite like a room full of people supporting and celebrating a good cause, and this year’s Scholarship Awards and Recognition Banquet proved to be yet another wonderful event recognizing our area youth.

Held at the NW African American Museum, people dined, celebrated and recognized a combination of Seattle area high school students, Black Achievers Program [BAP] volunteers, plus Corporate and Program sponsors. Prior BAP participant and current UW student ShaQuelle Perine served as the Mistress of Ceremonies, with the Keynote address being given by the local Past-President of the NAACP, attorney James Bible.

Ten Black Achiever students received scholarships totaling more than $24,000, with these young people bound for colleges all across the country. Tabor 100 was able to sponsor a $1,000.00 scholarship in the name of late Seattle area architect Mel Streeter, a Tabor 100 member and past Chair of the Education Committee. This scholarship was won by Fatuma Mahmud, who graduated from Garfield HS and will be attending the University of WA in the fall.

Fatuma’s educational aspirations consist of acquiring a bachelor’s degree in International Relations to explore how China, the United States and the Middle East interconnect. She is a member of Garfield’s African Student Union, Muslim Student Association and College Success Foundation. Fatuma’s community work includes working with younger students at Yesler Terrace Community Center, and she has also worked with One World Now and YouthForce. She has been an active participant of Garfield’s track and field team. Fatuma has demonstrated enthusiasm

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KEVIN WASHINGTONEducation Chair

►BAP Scholarship Awards and Recognition Banquet

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Tabor 100’s President, Ollie Garrett was distinguished last month with Senator Maria Cantwell’s Women of Valor Award presented to her by Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden and Cantwell presented the award at the Senator’s Annual Women of Valor Luncheon, which drew a crowd of almost 1,000 people. Tabor 100 members were present to show the organization’s support for their president. In presenting the award to Garrett, Cantwell touted her role as a successful women entrepreneur, President of Tabor 100 and her “tireless commitment to the cause of women and minority businesses.”

Garrett regaled the audience with a story of how she routinely joined her father as he collected $10 per week rent from tenants in the family’s four-plex with moderate success. Finally, one Saturday, at age 12, she told the audience, she went without her father knowing and successfully collected rent from each of the renters. She attributed that early collection experience to her creating a career in the collection industry working for large firms and then finally, the creation of PMT Solutions, her Bellevue collections company.

Since 2006, Cantwell has been awarding the Women of Valor distinction to a small and select group of women who “make a difference” in their communities. In presenting the award, Cantwell noted Garrett’s humble beginnings in Mississippi, the barriers she has encountered as a women in growing her business and her courage and tenacity in continuing to promote both her business and support for her community.

Tabor 100 was featured prominently as a key element in selecting Garrett for the Women of Valor Award. The qualities that made Garrett stand out in a large field of potential awardees include her commitment to Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, service on many boards and commissions, and her willingness to help other minority and women-owned entrepreneurs become successful.

Also in attendance were Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) as well as Congressman Jim McDermott participated in the Women of Valor event. Let’s congratulate our president for making a difference in our community.

HENRY YATESPublic Affairs Chair

►Ollie Garrett is Given Senator Maria Cantwell’s Women of Valor Award

WELCOME NEW TABOR MEMBERS!

• Daryn Gilstrap, Saybr Contractors, Inc.• Jessieca Navarro, Saybr Contractors, Inc.• Jennifer Burbage, Department of Enterprise Services

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and strong leadership skills both on and off the field. Her favorite subject is math and she has maintained a 3.2 GPA throughout her high school career. Fatuma has also received The Martin Luther King, Jr., Scholarship and the Nora Stones Scholarship.

An adopted program of Tabor 100, housed at the Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA, the Black Achievers Program offers high school youth opportunities to explore career options, develop leadership skills, prepare for college plus participate in service learning and social activities. Through caring relationships with African-American professionals and high quality programming, Black Achievers students learn to set educational goals, understand professional standards and strengthen developmental assets. Annually, more than 250 students are supported by the Y’s Black Achievers Programs within the region.

It is a real pleasure to welcome Fatuma Mahmud to this outstanding list of Mel Streeter Scholars.

Photos of October’s General Meeting taken by Mel DePaoli.

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THE TABOR 100 BOARD

President: Ollie Garrett [email protected]

Vice President: Brian Sims [email protected]

Treasurer: Tracey Cruise [email protected]

Secretary: Sherlita Kennedy [email protected]

Membership: Ray Bradley [email protected]

Education: Kevin C. Washington [email protected]

Public Affairs: Henry Yates [email protected]

Economic Development: Open Position [email protected]

Government Affairs: Open Position [email protected]

Fund Development: John Berdes [email protected]

Business Development: Malcolm Waters [email protected]

TABOR 100 OFFICE 2330 130th Ave NE #101 Bellevue, WA 98005 425.882.4800 x.104 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: Mel DePaoli [email protected] | 425.440.1099

Webmaster: William H. Dudley [email protected] 425.917.8288

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT!

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working together for better health.

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UPCOMING MEETINGS

Jan 31: General 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.

Government Affairs Committee meets on the last Saturday of the month from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., preceding the Tabor General Meeting. The meetings are held at the G.R.E.A.N. House Coffee & Café shop, across the street from New Hope Baptist Church.

Membership Committee meets every second Wednesday at The Central from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

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

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City of Seattle WMBE News City Purchasing and Contracting Services

Director: Nancy Locke, [email protected]

Ferguson Grand Jury Mayor Murray offered this response to the grand jury decision in Ferguson, “My message to the young African American men in Seattle today is this: While we do not have the answers today, we in this city are listening to you. Your city hears you. And your city loves you. In this hour of pain, your city is absolutely committed to moving forward with you, together, towards greater peace and greater justice. My message today to all Seattle residents is to ask that we all reach out to our neighbors – across racial and cultural lines in particular – commit to a promise of making our city a better place.” This statement brings a sharp focus to the proposed Mayor and City Council legislation that will prioritize hire of local minorities and women by private contractors doing public construction. The legislation would require priority hire of workers from Seattle and King County neighborhoods that face poverty, and will prioritize apprentice slots for individuals who also face impediments such as criminal backgrounds or drug histories. The legislation proposes protections for WMBE firms, yet most prominently focuses on getting jobs into our local minority communities. The Council will consider the legislation in December. Seattle City Light Success Rozema Boat Works was recently awarded a $1.6 million contract to build Seattle City Light's new tour boat for its Skagit Tours. Rozema Boat Works is a woman-owned business located in Mt. Vernon, Washington. The Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council worked with City Light to ensure qualified vendors were made aware of the RFP. The new tour boat will be delivered to Seattle City Light in summer/fall 2015. 2015 WMBE Plans and Outlook The Mayor’s Office continues toward new strategies in 2015 that will strengthen business development, technical assistance, and other kinds of support for WMBE firms. While the City recently initiated traditional goal-setting processes for 2015, we also anticipate meaningful and robust new accountability and greater accessibility to meaningful support that Mayor Murray may introduce for the coming year. Job Order Contracts The state of Washington reported on WMBE utilization by public agencies through job order contracts (JOC) for construction jobs less than $350,000 each. Such contracts require 90 percent of construction work be subcontracted. In the past two fiscal years, data shows robust efforts by our regional public agencies to expect WMBE utilization. Below are the averages; the City has had some contracts surpass 40 to 50 percent and others that are just beginning to use WMBE subcontractors in a robust way. The data below counts only OMWBE-certified firms.

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Owner Average % of total dollars spent Certified WMBE Firms

City of Seattle 21% King County 10% University of Washington 6%

Certified WMBE Participation The City recognizes all women- or minority-owned firms, even those that choose not to undergo certification. We know some prefer the City recognize only certified firms, but city code and policy seeks to help any women- or minority-owned firm regardless of their intent to certify. It is also important to our region that we have a record of minority or women owned firms available but not certified, to help us measure availability of WMBE firms. Our systems track which are certified by the state and which are only self-identified.

We hosted two workshops with the Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (OMWBE) for noncertified firms to help them begin certification paperwork. We are launching a survey of noncertified WMBE firms, to understand why firms are reluctant to become certified, and will share collaboratively with OMWBE to effectively address such concerns. Below is 2014 (YTD) utilization.

Total Payments

Minority Certified

Firms

Women Certified

Firms

Certified Only Firms

All WMBE Firms

Consultant Primes

$116,675,914 $1,846,381 $5,666,698 6.5% 14%

Purchasing Primes

$219,417,378 $5,601,053 $2,522,432 3.7% 15%

MAYOR MURRAY: ‘TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN IN SEATTLE — YOUR CITY HEARS YOU AND YOUR CITY LOVES YOU’ November 25, 2014 by Office of Mayor Murray

Following the Grand Jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri last night, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray held a press conference with community leaders. Here are his remarks as prepared:

“I have said many times as Mayor that I believe race remains our greatest challenge as a nation and as a community.

Today, we as a nation and as a community confront this challenge painfully and profoundly.

After the tragic police shooting of an unarmed teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson this past summer, President Obama described a “gulf of mistrust” that exists between law enforcement and our communities – and particularly our communities of color.

As they learn of today’s grand jury decision in Ferguson, many in the African American community in Seattle and across the country are bound to feel that justice has not been served, and experience tremendous hurt as a result.

For many in the African American community, this decision will likely replicate the pain caused by the tragic shooting itself, and underscore this gulf of mistrust, which, if left unattended, will only divide us as one community.

Many outside the African American community stand today in solidarity with the African American community through this time of anguish and anger and alienation, including me, members of Council and community leaders of this city.

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We cannot let this gulf of mistrust divide us, and we will not let this gulf of mistrust divide us.

Seattle is not Ferguson – a town that is predominantly African American but only has three African American officers on its 53-member police force.

Our city is committed to the goals of racial and social justice in all aspects of our cultural, social and economic lives. This is a core value of Seattle, and we should be proud of this.

But, of course, Seattle is far from perfect.

Racial disparities persist, having been built – here and everywhere throughout this country – upon a legacy of decades and decades of institutional bias.

These disparities are very real, and our communities of color bear daily these burdens – and our young African American in particular.

And that’s the deep, unacceptable truth that Ferguson reveals about us a society: We are failing our young African American men.

Too often we are sending them to prison instead of college. Too often they are dying young instead living long lives of fulfillment.

And while I cannot pretend to know the individual experiences of young African American men, I do know that we in this city must be united in how we address these experiences.

My message to the young African American men in Seattle today is this:

While we do not have the answers today, we in this city are listening to you.

Your city hears you. And your city loves you.

In this hour of pain, your city is absolutely committed to moving forward with you, together, towards greater peace and greater justice.

My message today to all Seattle residents is to ask that we all reach out to our neighbors – across racial and cultural lines in particular – commit to a promise of making our city a better place.

And I echo President Obama’s words from over the weekend: ‘This is a country that allows everybody to express their views. But using any event as an excuse for violence is contrary to the rule of law and contrary to who we are.'”

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Your business, Tabor 100 and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber

As part of a special agreement we have with the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, we are pleased to offer your small business free reciprocal membership with the Seattle Metro Chamber to help increase your presence in Seattle's broader business community. As a member of Tabor 100 you can now access all of the benefits and services provided by the Seattle Metro Chamber. These Include: Business development and marketing opportunities. The Seattle Metro Chamber is the single largest

business-to-business connector in the metro area. In the last year the alone, the Chamber connected 15,000+ people at more than 300 of its events.

Visibility for your business with a listing in the Seattle Metro Chamber’s searchable Membership Directory. Accessible online in desktop, tablet or mobile format, this dynamic directory is distributed to thousands of business people who turn to the Chamber for referrals each year.

Access to employee benefits. Your membership gives you access to a number of cost-saving benefits, including discounts on medical, dental, vision and business owner's insurance.

And more! Visit seattlechamber.com/membership for details.

Here’s what you need to know Here’s what you need to do

Member companies of Tabor 100 will be given the opportunity to enroll as member companies of the Seattle Metro Chamber at no cost if:

o They have fewer than 15 employees o They are a member in good standing with

Tabor 100 o They have not been a member of the Seattle

Metropolitan Chamber in the past twenty-four (24) months

Reciprocal membership is available on an annual basis indefinitely, as long as the business continues to meet the above listed criteria.

Simply complete the form on the second page and return it to the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. They’ll get you signed up right away so you can put your membership to work immediately! Please return application to: Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce 1301 5th Ave, Suite 1500, Seattle, WA 98101 Questions? Contact Aarti Khanna at (206) 389-7244 or [email protected]

Download the application here: http://www.slideshare.net/Tabor100/12-chamber-membership!