Steve Mam

Steve Mam (Deceased 2016) INDUCTED 2010

Uncle Steve Mam was an active member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community for over 45 years. He worked for and had been a board member of numerous community controlled organisations during this time. Despite his commitments he always maintained his interest, involvement and drive to improve the health and well being of our people and communities.

Uncle Steve never ever favoured one from the other. It was always the community as a whole. However, he kept a special place in his heart for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health outcomes. He was aware of how some of our people didn’t like going to the hospital and wanted something they could call their own without being stared at or watched. Uncle Steve was a founding member of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane Limited (ATSICHS) when it was established back in 1973. His efforts and contribution to the organisation and the community have since been recognised as Uncle Steve was made a Life Member of ATSICHS Brisbane. Uncle Steve was a life-long volunteer and at times that volunteering touched the nonIndigenous community because as far as he was concerned, everybody deserved respect. Uncle Steve continued to be a strong advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health using his well established local, state, national and international contacts and networks up until his death in 2016. He was a member of the Board of ATSICHS and used his cultural and political skills to bring people together for the betterment of our people. On his and his wife Pam’s contribution to community, Aunty Pam Mam said, “We never have to push each other. We’ve done everything together. Everything we’ve done is togetherness”. A well respected and admired Elder, Uncle Steve was a most worthy inclusion into the QAIHC Hall of Fame.