Ms. Taraji Henson

9/06/2017

Ms. Taraji Henson

c/o Vincent Cirrincione Associates

1516 N. Fairfax Avenue

Los Angeles, CA  90046

Dear Ms. Henson,

My name is Matt Winick and I’m a fan of your acting. My favorite tv show that you played in was The Division.  The Divison was a great tv show about  a team of women police officers who investigate crimes in San Francisco. In the show I liked about how the woman in the police department work hard to balance their worklife with their personal lives and find ways to work with men in the police force.  You did an excellent job portraying as Inspector/Officer Rania Washington because I liked on how you made her have unique traits like  working with other detectives including inspectors on solving cases including reviewing evidence and being very committed to work on moving up from police officer to inspector.  In  January 2016, I went to the movie theaters and saw Hidden Figures. Hidden Figures was a great biopic movie about Katherine Goble Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson who are African Americans where they are mathematicians who work for NASA. The movie was great because it did an excellent job symbolizing the need to end racism, how women should be treated, and the need for Civil Rights.  Ms. Henson, I thought you did an excellent job portraying as Ms. Katherine Goble Johnson because I liked on how you made her have great traits like working hard to overcome her struggles in dealing with racism including being discriminated by her peers,  willing to work hard to use her math resources to help John Glen orbit safe in space, and many others.   You, Ms. Octavia Spencer, and Ms. Janelle Monae really did a great job making Hidden Figures a great movie.

   

Ms. Henson, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects,  sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Your role in Hidden Figures as Katherine Goble Johnson and the movie really inspires me to work hard on my disability when there are struggles.  Also I like to study U.S. History including history to help me learn the importance of the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, have diversity to recognize people who are different, how different ideas can make a difference for society, and many others. Another thing that I like in history is learning how different famous people including public officials through celebrities who push for good ideas or help make a great impact on society or people.  Hidden Figures helped me continue to be motivated in learning history, U.S. history, and influential people who work hard to make a great impact on society.

I strongly believe that you do such a great acting in tv shows including movies. Also you really do an excellent job making characters have unique traits.  I’m very proud on how you worked hard on making Hidden Figures a great biopic movie with a great message.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability and to continue to be motivated to learn history, U.S. History, and influential people. I was wondering if you could please take the time to answer some of my questions, and give me advice about working hard on my disability including how to continue to be motivated to learn history. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, doing an excellent job making tv shows including movies great to enjoy, and inspire me. I wish you bets to continue to make movies and tv shows great to watch and do well in acting.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Honorable Jeh C. Johnson

9/21/2017

Honorable Jeh C. Johnson

c/o Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY  10019-6064

Dear Honorable Johnson,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history, social justice, and public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for Civil Rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have reasonable immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees from being oppressed, and many others. Honorable Johnson, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to  explain how I find your work when you served as 4^th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as 4^th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, I liked on how you worked with President Obama to help improve our country.  Also in your role I really liked on how you were a very strong supporter of Civil Rights by working to expand your department resources to combat against hate-crime to help protect minorities or people who are different, advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, and express the need for the Department of Homeland Security to reduce racial profiling to reduce discrimination against minorities.  On immigration reform, I really liked on how you and President Obama had the courage to be strong supporters of immigration reform like find ways to provide families or refugees have asylum form oppressive countries, expand the DACA program to help illegal immigrant children stay in the country while make them be eligible for a workforce including be allowed to renew a two-year from being deported, and create Southern Border and Approaches Campaign Strategy to focus on illegal immigrants or immigrants that commit violent crimes or use national security threats  when both political parties in Congress weren’t advocate for immigration reform.  I liked your approach to reform the department by improving hiring women including minorities to work for them and improve relations between FBI including law enforcement agencies to find ways to reduce counter terrorism, and provide more training programs to help train employees to understand signals of suspicious activities.  After you left public service, I appreciate on how you are a continuous supporter of Civil Rights, express the need for immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees from oppression while combat against immigrants who commit violent crime, and advocate for the need to end racial profiling.

Honorable Johnson, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also your work as 4^th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security motivates me to continue my interest in learning history, social justice, and public policy. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, find ways to have reform in the law enforcement resources to make them safe for people while reduce crime, have immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees from oppression, and many other issues.  

I strongly believe that you have made a great difference for our country when the political environment was difficult. I’m very proud on how you work hard to improve Homeland Security and help President Obama.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability and to continue to be motivated to learn history including social justice.  I was wondering if you could please share with me what it was like serving as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and working with President Obama.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great difference for our country, and inspiring me. Here is a picture of me as gift to you. I would like to get a chance to meet you so I can discuss and learn more about your work.  Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas when the political environment is difficult or when both political parties aren’t advocates.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Honorable Johnson sent me a photo of himself as a gift to me.

Former U.S. Senator John Danforth from Missouri

9/11/2017

U.S. Senator John Danforth

Partner

c/o Dowd Bennett LLP

7733 Forsyth Blvd. Suite 1900

St. Louis, MO  63105

Dear U.S. Senator Danforth,

My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history, social justice, and public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others. U.S. Senator Danforth, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as U.S. Senator from Missouri and your work in public service to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1976-1995, I was very proud on how you were a moderate Republican on supporting Civil Rights, protecting the environment from pollution, and pushing for immigration reform.  On Civil Rights, I really liked on how you joined moderate Republicans to work with Democrats to support the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to help protect people with disabilities from being discriminated in education including public places, teamed up with Democratic U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts on pushing to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to help expand laws to help protect minorities, women, and people with disabilities form being discriminated in employment services, and advocating for the need to reduce racial profiling in law enforcement resources to help protect minorities.   To protect the environment, I liked on how you supported the Clean Air Act of 1990 to help reduce air pollution by requiring industries to burn clean fuel along with promote research in biofuel for vehicles, supported funds for renewable energy resources to help reduce addiction to oil with gas,  and pushed for funds to help protect public lands, water resources including national parks from being polluted.  Another thing that I liked about your work in the U.S. Senate was on how you were a strong supporter of the need for campaign finance reform including ethics reform to help reduce money from corporations including lobbying groups in elections including a ban on gifts from lobbyist.   Also when you served as 24^th U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. from 2004-2005, I really liked on how you were an advocate for the need for protection for refugees who are escaping from oppressive countries, support the need to strengthen human rights including people with disabilities’ rights, and work really hard to try to bring peace to Sudan.

U.S. Senator Danforth, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I have trouble communicating my thoughts, and get teased.  The ADA of 1990 that you supported helped benefited me getting some education and to be protected from being discriminated.   In education, the ADA of 1990 helped give me accommodations like extra time on exams, have a tutor or a T.A. help me work on different assignments,  use a recorder or education software to help assist on improving my comprehension, and special education resources helping me set up accommodations in elementary school through my community college.  In May 2014, I was able to get an associates degree at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan.my main focus in Associates Degree is history, government, some business, some science, and criminal justice.  Also your strong commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspire me to work hard on my disability.   Your role as a U.S. Senator and your service in public service motivates me to continue my strong interest in learning history.  My future goal is to someday work in history to help emphasize the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment, and have ethics reform with campaign finance reform to reduce corruption.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference when you served in public service. I’m very proud on how you were a moderate Republican on supporting Civil Rights and protecting the environment who stood up to your own party when they got too extreme   The ADA of 1990 that you supported really made a great difference where it helped benefited me in getting some education and helped protect me from being discriminated based on a disability. You have really inspired me to work hard on my disability and continue to be motivated to learn history. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making great achievements in public service when your party got too extreme, and inspiring me. Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Gonzales of U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

9/14/2017

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Gonzales

c/o U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

U.S. Courthouse

100 N. Church Street, Suite 560

Las Cruces, New Mexico  88001

Dear U.S. District Judge Gonzales,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history and social justice. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for Civil Rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. U.S. District Judge Gonzales, the main reason I’m writing you a letter to explain how I find your work as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico and as U.S. District Judge to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico from 2010-2013, I really liked on how you are a strong supporter of Civil Rights by prosecuting people who commit hate-crimes to help protect minorities including people with disabilities and working with public places to find ways to reduce discrimination against women, minorities, and people with disabilities, and advocating for people with disabilities’ rights.  Also I liked on how you worked with President Obama to find ways to push for criminal justice reform.  Your approach on criminal justice reform like expand programs to help victims of domestic violence including victims of crime get help on their trauma or get legal services, push for more drug treatment programs to help drug-users get the care they need to reduce drug addiction, and implement educational awareness programs to help teach people about the need to reduce gun violence, bullying, and drug abuse is common sense.  Also what I like about when you served as U.S. Attorney was on how you prosecuted industries that polluted the environment or violated environmental laws, went after corrupt public officials who accepted illegal bribes or gifts, and worked to help Native Americans communities get resources they need to help protect their community from crime.  In January 2013, I liked on how you accepted President Obama to nominate you to serve as U.S. District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico to help him improve the judicial system and society.  In your current role as U.S. District Judge, I’m very proud on how you are a continuous strong supporter of Civil Rights and an advocate for criminal justice reform

U.S. District Judge Gonzales, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also your work as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico and your current position in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico motivates me to continue to learn history and social justice.  My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others.  

I strongly believe that you made a great difference for society including the judicial system in your role as U.S. Attorney and your current role in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to make Civil Rights a better place and improve criminal justice reform including social justice.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability and to continue to be motivated to learn history with social justice.  I was wondering if you could please share some advice about working hard on a disability and explain what it is like serving as U.S. Attorney including your current position in the U.S. District Court.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great difference in the judicial system, and inspiring me.  Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas in the judicial system.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick