Sam Altman
Sam Altman has worked for over 30 years in Indigenous education. He developed working links with Indigenous people and communities across most of Australia. During that time he was involved in teaching, curriculum design and program coordination focusing on Indigenous education, community development and management. He is an active member of the SEARCH Foundation.[1]
Casual Lecturer at University of Sydney (Indigenous Teacher Education).
Father of Max Altman and Kara Altman.
Education
Canterbury University Christchurch NZ, Monash University Melbourne, Sydney teachers College,
B.A. at Monash, Diploma in Education at STC. Master in Applied Social Research at Macquarie.
"After the Referendum"
SEARCH Foundation Voice Truth Treaty Working Group (2024) published "After the Referendum: Learning from the fight for justice for Australia’s First Nations people" in December 2024.
Editorial Collective of the SEARCH Foundation Voice Truth Treaty Working Group: Jane Durie, Chris Elenor, Geoff Evans, Frank Panucci, Stephen Rix, Greg Strickland, Edward Tilton.
Other contributors to the publication:
Sam Altman, Martha Ansara, Ben Bartlett, Jim Crosthwaite, Deborah Durnan, Adam Farrar, Adrian Graves, Deborah Hartman, Paul Kaplan, Bob Makinson, Penny Sara, Rebecca Thompson, plus other activists and First Nations people who prefer not to be named.[2]
SEARCH National Members Forum, 2024 attendees
Left to right Pranavan Prakash, Bart Shteinman, Billy Fay, Sam Alexander-Prideaux, Imogen Rees, Chris Elenor, David Pink, Callum Whaites, Marcus Strom, Don Sutherland, Elliot D'Arcy, Brian Aarons, Peter Murphy, Richard Walsham, Pat Ranald, Gerard Buttigieg, Chris Warren, Jacqueline Widin, Iacovos Digenis, Sam Altman.
SEARCH Foundation 2018 AGM
Sydney attendees of SEARCH Foundation 2018 AGM included David Pink, Luke Whitington, Alan Anderson, Sam Altman, Rex Hewett, Gillian Workman, Carmen Blanco, Rachel Zeng, Nicholas Harrigan, Pat Ranald, Peter Murphy, John Poulos, Helen Hewett, Richard Walsham, Alice Strauss, Amalina Wallace, Cathy Crawley, Patrick Angel, Marcus Strom, Anthony McLaughlin, Adrienne Shilling, Dylan Griffiths, Chris Elenor, Paula Rix, Don Sutherland, David McKnight, Jesse Krause, Zac Gillies-Palmer, Ama Somaratna, Georgina Goddard, Holly Brooke, Victoria Brookman, Shannen Potter, Cian Galea, Lee Rhiannon, Russ Hermann, Masih Sadat Shafai, Leila Barreto, Bob Makinson, Sally Trevena, Cat Kutay, Adam Farrar, Daren McDonald, Adrian Graves, Evan Gray, Audrey McDonald.
ATTENDANCE LIST SEARCH AGM 2017
Invited guests Mark Godlewski and Scott Marsh of Pitcher Partners; Seng La of Refuge Accounting.
- Adelaide: Ashley Campbell, Glen Giles, Gwyneth Regione, Roger Keyes, David Faber, Kay Anastassiadis, Adrian Shackley, Don Jarrett.
- Brisbane: Patricia Hovey, Jan Ryall, Clare Rudkin
- Melbourne Judith Klepner, Julius Roe, Peter Gibbons, Louise Connor, Penny Sara, Greg Strickland, Michael Evans.
- Newcastle Greg Giles, Vera Deacon, Malcolm Bailey, John Witte, Judy Morley and Bev Symons.
- Sydney Luke Whitington, Victoria Brookman, David McKnight, Casey Thompson, Declan O'Byrne, Audrey McDonald, Tom McDonald, Daren McDonald, Paul Norton, Barry Power, Peter Murphy, Pat Ranald, Sam Altman, Gillian Workman, Mark Stevens, Carmen Blanco, Kathy Gollan, Richard Walsham, Tony Hawkins, Pam Hawkins, Dylan Griffiths, Leila Barreto, Cat Kutay, Ama Somaratna, Don Sutherland, Matt Kunkel, Adrian Graves, Mick Tubbs, John Poulos, Patrick Wright, Mark Stevens, Ron Marriott, Nivek Thompson, Margaret Kirkby, Adam Farrar, Jane Durie, Helen Hewett, Rex Hewett, Tim Gartrell, Brian Aarons, Amalina Wallace.
SEARCH Environmental Justice working group
Geoff Evans & Sam Altman were editors of a September 2016 discussion bulletin for the SEARCH Environmental Justice working group.[3]
SEARCH Environment Committee
SEARCH News September 2015 Sam Altman, Steve Bolt, Drew Hutton, Bob Makinson, David McKnight, Paul Norton, Jacqueline Widin, Brian Aarons, Vicki Findlay, Sally Trevena, Chris Elenor, and Adrian Graves.
NOW WE THE PEOPLE
In July 2001, endorsers of the SEARCH Foundation's NOW WE THE PEOPLE conference in Sydney included Sam Altman.
Teacher's Union
Sam Altman, Crystell Halliday, Concepcion Ramilo, Penny V. Mendoza, Melba Marginson.