Susan Adelman is a feminist, activist and a philanthropist who was inspired by her times, and her mother, Lucy Adelman. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Susan was in SDS, worked for the Liberation News Service and went to Cuba with the Venceramos Brigade.She developed her feminism by reading, travelling, and especially by talking to women about their lives, relationships and aspirations. Susan serves on the Boards of The ACLU of Southern California, and the Venice Family Clinic, and has been active in CODE PINK since its founding.