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Cindy Sheehan of San Francisco, CA became a leading voice in the antiwar movement soon after her eldest child, Casey Austin, was killed in military action in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004.

Some highlights from her resume:

Co-founder and President, Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization devoted to families who have lost loved ones in Iraq and dedicated to ending the occupation in Iraq, January 2005-2009.

Organized vigils and demonstrations near the Crawford, Texas home of George W. Bush in protest against the U.S. occupation of Iraq � what became known as "Camp Casey."

Founder and Director, The Camp Casey Peace Institute, 2005-2009.

Authored four books, including �Not One More Mother�s Child,� and scores of articles.

Arrested numerous times for antiwar and civil disobedience behavior.

Keynote and featured speaker at a variety of conferences and organizations around the world.

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2005.

Participated in the protest action and vigil Declare Peace on Mother�s Day which was staged in front of the White House, May 2006.

Lead march, sponsored by Code Pink: Women for Peace from White House to Capitol building �Mother of a March� blocked traffic at Independence Avenue and Capitol Plaza until arrested, 05/14/07.

Recipient of numerous awards, including Pacifica Radio's �Unvarnished Truth Award� (2005).

Panel member, presenter and honored guest at a host of conferences and events, including at Historians Against the War (HAW) - "Empire, Resistance, and the War in Iraq" (University of Texas, Austin, February 2006), Peace and Sustainability Conference (Albany, NY, April 2008), and Building a New World conference (Radford, VA, May 2008).

Candidate for Congress (House of Representatives) - ran as an Independent for California's Eighth District seat (San Francisco) against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on a platform that included antiwar/peace principles and policy objectives, July 2007-November 2008.

Wrote forward to a collection of anti-zionist peace essays by Jewish female authors titled Shifting Sands, 2009.

Authored International People's Declaration of Peace (IPDoP) www.IPDOP.org, 2009.

Developer and Coordinator of Peace of the Action www.PeaceoftheAction.org, 2009.

Protested against Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama, at the invitation of Oslo Peace groups, Norway, December 2009.

Radio talk show host, Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox, LLC, an alternative media platform for open exchanges on issues ranging from war and peace to progressive social change and justice, 2008-present.

Peace Prize recipient for extraordinary and innovative antiwar activism, award by the Board of Directors, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc., December 2009.

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