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I’ve wanted to be a journalist since I was in the fifth grade. Now that I am a journalist, I am so thankful for those ahead of me who paved a path that I travel on today. Gwen Ifill, a fellow member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorprated and a pk, was the first black woman to moderate a vice-presidential debate in 2004 and host a national political talk show on television, Washington Week in Review now Washington Week, starting in 1999. In February, Ms. Ifill was part of the first female team to moderate a Democratic presidential debate. Sadly, on Monday, she died of cancer. Below is a video of CNN’s Don Lemon tearing up as talks about his admiration for Ms. Ifill whom he met at a National Association of Black Journalists convention.

.@DonLemon to Gwen Ifill: “I won’t say goodbye, because goodbyes are so hard. But I will say, so long and thank you” https://t.co/xASSzEndZN

— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) November 15, 2016

Below are her funeral arrangements which were released by the National Association of Black Journalists.

Trailblazing journalist Gwen Ifill will be remembered at a pair of events this weekend at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, 1518 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20005.

Ifill, a Metropolitan member since 1989, passed away Monday at 61. She was the co-anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour and moderator of Washington Week with Gwen Ifill, the longest-running primetime news and public affairs program on television. A lifelong AME, she is the sister of Presiding Elder Rev. Earle Ifill, president of the Connectional Presiding Elder’s Council, and Presiding Elder of the Atlanta East District-Atlanta North Georgia Conference of the AME Church’s Sixth Episcopal District.

Community Tributes: Friday, November 18, 2016 6 PM – 10 PM

Family, friends and colleagues will gather at Metropolitan AME Church for community tributes to Ifill. The Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Braxton, Presiding Elder of the Potomac District, Washington Conference and a former pastor of Metropolitan, will preside over the tributes.

Service of Celebration: Saturday, November 19, 2016 11 AM

The Rt. Rev. William P. DeVeaux, retired AME Church Bishop and a former pastor of Metropolitan, will preside.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to establish a Memorial Scholarship fund at Metropolitan AME Church. Checks should be made payable to: Metropolitan AME Church, memo line: “In memory of Gwen Ifill.”  Mail to: Metropolitan A.M.E. Church 1518 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 or Rev. Earle Ifill,  P. O. Box 92485 Atlanta, GA 30314 Cards and messages of condolence may be sent to the address above.

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