Cindy Sheehan Brings Message of Peace to Sarasota

Run a 10K and lose 10 pounds are among Cindy Sheehan’s New Year resolutions. The rest are a bit more complicated, like end all wars and bring the U.S. troops home, free all political prisoners, and end offshore oil drilling. Sheehan, 55, emerged as a leading figure in the anti-war movement when her son was killed in Iraq. She starts 2013 in Sarasota, where she will speak at two events this week as she tries to re-energize her cause at the start of the new year. [Sheehan will speak at Sudakoff Conference Center at New College on Saturday, January 5, at 11 a.m.]