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A priceless opportunity to join one of the final meetings of The Breakfast Club (TBC) for the 2024-25 School Year, hosted by Head Men's Basketball Coach Tommy Amaker in Cambridge. The winning bidder for this item will win a seat at either the Wednesday, April 9th or Monday, May 5th 2025 meeting of The Breakfast Club. Winning bidder to choose which date they will attend.

NOTE: WINNING BIDDER MUST BE A HARVARD ALUM

The Breakfast Club was founded in 2007 by Harvard Men’s Basketball Coach Tommy Amaker and Harvard Law Professors Charles Ogletree and Ron Sullivan. This community of educators, students, and thought leaders across sector meets regularly to discuss consequential topics like advancing equity and social justice, and to build greater understanding of and respect for different perspectives and experiences.

The Breakfast Club meets monthly, bringing together powerful and influential voices to discuss important topics like race, diversity, criminal justice, education, and more. Usually housed in a private room at The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, The Breakfast Club has attracted notable business leaders and social activists, including President Barack Obama, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and former Governor Deval Patrick, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, NBA legend Grant Hill, and sociologist and civil rights activist Harry Edwards.

In 2007, Tommy Amaker arrived at Harvard as the university’s only Black head coach across more than 30 varsity teams at the time. 

Renowned Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree – a respected attorney, legal commentator, author, and founder of Harvard’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute – took Coach Amaker under his wing to ensure he felt at home with the Crimson. He assembled a group of Black leaders, mostly Harvard faculty, for an informal networking group that they called Tommy’s Kitchen Cabinet. This small community would become a place for Coach Amaker to build relationships, share ideas and, over time, inspire his athletes.

Tommy’s Kitchen Cabinet evolved into The Breakfast Club, a place for not just Black leaders at Harvard, but for student athletes and the broader community, as well. 

Item Special Note

* The Breakfast Club meets in Harvard Square*

* Winning Bidder must be a Harvard alumni and be able to attend either the April 9th or May 5th, 2025 gathering. Bidder to attend one date.*

*Winning Bidder must be a Harvarwin a seat at either the Wednesday, April 9th or Wednesday, May 5 2025 meeting of The Breakfast Club. Winning bidder to choose which date they will attend.

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