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Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is being held as a virtual event.
The live program begins at 7 p.m.
Clay was a qualifier for the 1995 IHSA state track meet in the 400-meter dash and a top sprinter at DePaul University where he set Conference USA indoor and outdoor school records in the 4x400m relay.
One of the vaccines is for prostate cancer and a second is currently being tested in non-small cell lung cancer and triple negative breast cancer.
Clay s mother, Nell Clay, who is president of the board of directors of the Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum, is a breast cancer survivor.