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Movie: Our Family Wedding

Opens Nationwide March 12
In the romantic comedy, “Our Family Wedding,” a couple (Lance Gross and America Ferrera) have kept their engagement a secret from their families. However, they can't kept it a secret any longer.
>>'Our Family Wedding' Forgot To Invite The Funny
>>Worlds Collide In 'Our Family Wedding'
>>Q&A: Catching Up With Forest Whitaker, Regina King

Health Care Deadline Set
President Obama hopes to see his controversial health care reform bill approved by March 18, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has said.
According to thehill.com, Gibbs said sweeping health care reform should move through Congress before the president leaves for a trip to Australia and Indonesia.
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Workers Owe Movement
Americans today are indebted to the labor movement of the United States of America. The American labor movement has transformed work life for all people — whether union members or not. How much money workers make; how many hours are worked; under what conditions; and whether collective bargaining is a part of the process is directly attributable to the struggle for workers’ rights.
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HIV Disparities Preventable
Although the number of HIV infections is growing at an alarming rate throughout the Black community, African American women are the group most disproportionately affected. While representing only 12 percent of the U.S. female population, they account for 61 percent of all new HIV infections among women.
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Census Ad Buys Under Fire
During the recent Congressional hearing to discuss what many contend is an insufficiently funded Black advertising campaign of Census 2010, the U. S. Census Bureau's media-buying agencies were blistered by a charge that they allegedly played unfair politics with Black newspaper publishers. These charges have resulted in an ongoing probe into why the Census allocated so little to count African Americans.
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SacObserver.com has expanded its Calendar of Events to allow churches, community-based groups, artists, and others to inform Sacramento's African American community of their local events. The service is free and adding your event is simple. So, go to the Calendar of Events now and add your event to our community calendar.
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