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Former City College childcare activist’s memorial on Friday

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Dr. Berneice L. Clayton, a former City College childhood development instructor and activist for the rights of children and the disadvantaged, will be honored by a Jan. 28 campus-sponsored memorial.

Clayton, after whom the campus childcare center is named,  died Dec. 17 at the age of 87 because of complications related to congestive heart failure, according to the Sacramento Bee obituary notice. The memorial is scheduled at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, in the City College Student Center.

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Clayton also founded the Early Childhood Development Department at City College, among other notable achievements, and was honored on campus with the dedication of the Berneice Clayton Child Development Center. Clayton retired in 1993.

For more information regarding this event, please contact the SCC Foundation at 916.558.2197.

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