U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

 

2/02/2023

U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse 

P.O. Box 2546

Charleston, WV  25329

Dear U.S. District Judge Berger,

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 Berger, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work in the judicial system to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as Kanawha County Circuit Judge of West Virginia from 1994-2009, I truly appreciated on how you were a strong supporter of Civil Rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights and pushing for strict sentencing for people who commit hate-crime to help protect minorities including people who are different.  Supporting drug treatment programs to help drug-users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, expanding court resources to help victims of crime or victims of domestic violence get help on dealing with their trauma, and heavily supporting along with expressing the need for funds to improve DNA testings including forensic science to help solve evidence or cases efficiently to reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform. In July 2009, I liked on how you accepted President Obama to nominate you to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to help him improve the judicial system.  On November 2009, I was amazed on how you made history by becoming the first African American women to become a federal judge in West Virginia.  In your current role as U.S. District Judge, I really like on how you are a continuous strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights  and continue support along with advocate for criminal justice reform. Another thing that I like about your work in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is how you support protecting civil liberties from being violated like the 4th amendment to help protect people from unreasonable searches and address the need to reduce racial profiling to help protect minorities including immigrants from being oppressed without probable cause.

U.S. District Judge Berger, 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 in different settings, 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.  Your role as former Kanawha County Circuit Judge of West Virginia and as current U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia motivates me to continue to learn history, social justice, and criminal justice reform. 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. My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and for Black History Month to help recognize African American individuals who work hard to make a great difference for society.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in the judicial system. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support Civil Rights, push along with advocate for criminal justice reform, and many others. You have inspired me to work hard on my disability and to continue my interest in learning history including social justice. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great impact on society, and inspiring me. I wish you the best to continue to make a great difference in the judicial system.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Ms. Aimee Cho NBC4 Washington

 

6/10/2023

Ms. Aimee Cho

c/o NBC4 Washington

WRC-TV

4001 Nebraska Avenue, NW

Washington, DC  20016

Dear Ms. Cho,

My name is Matt Winick, an Asian American from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, and current events. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, have social justice to help improve the communities, and many others.  Ms. Cho, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as a news reporter of WRC-TV NBC4 Washington to be very inspiring to me. 

In your current role as news reporter of WRC-TV NBC4 Washington, I like on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights causes by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights and expressing the need to make civil rights stronger to reduce discrimination in order to protect minorities including people who are different.  Also I like on how you are a strong supporter of campaign to combat against bullying.  Your approach in the news media like interviewing people about different topics ranging from local politics through other topics, doing hands-on approach with other people in businesses or when they are demonstrating a product to help viewers understand them, and taking the time to listen to citizens of America when they have concerns are great ways for journalism. Another thing that I like about your work as a News Reporter of WRC-TV NBC4 Washington is how you give tips on healthy lifestyles, how to prepare on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting minorities along with women including people with disabilities who make an impact on the community, reporting on public officials who are corrupt, asking public officials that hard question to hold them accountable, support emphasizing the need for environmental protection to reduce pollution, and many others. Also I like on how you are an activist to help the Asian American community like advocating for Asian American rights including Asian Americans with disabilities’ rights, expressing the need for more funds for the Asian American community to help repair it, and heavily support the need for more educational awareness programs to help educate people including youth about Asian American and Asian culture. Besides your work as a news reporter, I like on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes to reduce discrimination.  

Ms. Cho, 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 advocacy along with support for civil rights including people with disabilities’ right causes really inspire me to work hard on my disability. Also being an Asian American with a disability is difficult when some Asians including some Asian American tease me or get judgmental about not meeting their standards.   Your role as an Asian American role model on supporting Asian American with disabilities’ rights gives me some confidence about being an Asian American when I face challenges.  Also I enjoy watching you give reports  about different current events on Youtube and on your Facebook page I like learning about your work. Your role as an activism and as a news reporter of WRC-TV NBC4 Washington helps give me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, and current events. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others. 

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in society and the news media.  You really inspire me to work hard on my disability, continue to be confident about being an Asian American when I face challenges, and continue to learn history, social justice, and current events. I was wondering if you could please take the time to answer some of my questions, and give me some advice about working hard on my disability along with how to get interested in the news media career. Also if I visit DC I would like to meet you and take a tour of the news station because you inspire me. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference for society, and inspiring me. Please continue to make a great difference for society and the news media.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Honorable Gary Locke of Washington (21st Governor of Washington, as 36th U.S. Commerce Secretary, and 10th U.S. Ambassador to China)

 

2/17/2021

Honorable Gary Locke

c/o Office of the President

Bellevue College

Mail Stop A201

3000 Landerholm Circle SE

Bellevue, WA  98007-6406

Dear Honorable Locke,

My name is Matt Winick, an Asian American from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning  history including social justice.  In these subjects, I like to learn the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution,  expand on social justice to improve communities, and many others. Honorable Locke, I find your work as 21^st Governor of Washington, as 36th U.S. Commerce Secretary, and later as 10th U.S. Ambassador to China under President Obama’s administration to be very inspiring to me.

In 1997, I was amazed on how you made history on becoming the first Asian American to become Governor of Washington, When you served as 21st Governor of Washington from 1997-20205, I truly appreciated on how you were a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, supporting funds for women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy, and working with other state legislatures to expand on laws to combat against hate-crime.  Also on civil rights I like on how you tried to push for an equal rights amendment to help protect women from being discriminated based on gender even though it didn’t pass the state legislature. On the economy, I like on how you supported an expansion of jobs training programs to help train youth including workers to develop or improve on work-skills to help prepare for the work force. Supporting funds for renewable energy resources to reduce addiction to oil with gas, encouraging businesses including industries to use energy efficient products to reduce high energy cost while reduce pollution, expanding on funds to improve government services to help clean water resources, parks, and coastal areas to make them safe for people is common sense to protect the environment from pollution.  On education, I really liked on how you supported funds to improve special education to help students with disabilities get accommodations they need to learn, implemented literacy programs to help adults including students improve on their comprehension,  and provide schools with resources to help students get into recreational programs or after school programs to reduce them from turning to crime.  Another thing that I liked about your work as Governor of Washington was how you push for funds to help restore or fix historical sites including attractions to help educate people about different things while improve on tourism,  work with different organizations to help people who are homeless or people who are low income get assistance on food including other supplies,  and expand funds to help repair Asian American communities.  In your role as 36th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2009-2011, I like on how you worked with President Obama to improve laws to help regulate products that come from different companies including over seas to make them safe for people to use and expand resources to help educate people about consumers’ rights along with safety.  As 10th U.S. Ambassador to China from 2011-2014, I liked on how you worked with President Obama including China to find ways to combat against CO2 emissions by promoting renewable energy resources and expand immigration visas for Chinese citizens to study abroad in the U.S.  After you left public service I truly appreciate on how you are a continuous strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights, express the need for better environmental protection,  a strong need to improve relations between the U.S. and other Asian countries,  and the importance of helping the Asian American community. Also I like on how you use your role as an Asian American to help advocate for Asian Americans’ rights including Asian Americans with disabilities’ rights. 

Honorable Locke, 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 being an Asian American with a disability is difficult when some Asians including some Asian Americans get judgmental about me  being different from them or not meeting their standards. Your role as an Asian American on advocating with supporting Asian Americans with disabilities’ rights gives me some confidence about being an Asian American when there are challenges.  Your role as 21^st Governor of Washington, as 36th U.S. Commerce Secretary, and later as 10th U.S. Ambassador to China gives me motivation to continue to learn history including social justice. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution,  expand on social justice to improve communities, and many others. 

I strongly believe that you made a great difference when you served in public service. I’m very proud on how you worked hard to support civil rights, protect the environment, improve consumer safety, and many others. You have inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn more about your work, and continue to learn different subjects. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas to help improve society.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison of Eastern District of Michigan

 

2/13/2023

U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison

c/o U.S. Attorney’s Office

221 W. Fort Street, Suite 2001

Detroit, MI  48226

Dear U.S. Attorney Ison,

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

In your current role as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, prosecuting people who commit hate crimes to help protect minorities including people who are different, and investigating public places that violate civil rights legislation or practice different forms of discrimination.  Supporting drug treatment programs to help drug users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, expanding on resources to help victims of crime or victims of domestic violence get the help on dealing with their trauma,  and advocating with pushing for funds to improve DNA testing including forensic science to help solve evidence including cases efficiently while reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform.  Also on criminal justice reform, I like on how you work to implement wrongful conviction unit to investigate cases that had wrongfully convicted people of a crime that they didn’t commit, advocated for community policing to help law enforcement engage with the community to improve relations,  and supported community service for non-violent offenders or no violent juveniles get rehabilitation to reduce re-offending. Another thing that I like about your work as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan is how you prosecuted after public officials who are corrupt or accepted illegal bribes, went after industries that illegally polluted the environment or violated environmental protection laws, and take away weapons from people who have a domestic violence record.  Supporting educational awareness programs to help educate youth including people about the need to reduce bullying, gun violence, sexual assault, and drug abuse are great ways to help educate people. 

U.S. Attorney Ison, 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. Your role as current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan helps give me motivation to continue to learn history including social justice. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution,  push for criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and for Black History Month to help recognize African American individuals who make a great difference. 

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference.  I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights, protect the environment from pollution, expand on criminal justice reform. You have truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn more about your work, and continue to learn different subjects. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to make a great difference for society.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Ms. Erika Mori actress (Life Is Strange True Colors video game)

 

1/18/2022

Ms. Erika Mori  

c/o Office of Ms. Erika Mori

PO Box 9592

Denver, CO 80209

Dear Ms. Mori,

My name is Matt Winick, an Asian American and I’m a fan of your work. The video game that you voiced in was Life Is Strange True Colors. Life Is Strange True Colors is a great RPG game due to the plot about a young girl named Alex Chen who leaves foster care to reunite with her brother Gabe Chen in Haven Springs, Colorado and tries to understand life around her.  Ms. Mori, I thought you did an excellent job portraying/voicing as Alex Chen because I like on how you made her have different unique traits like caring about her brother Gabe when he deals with difficult life, trying to learn how to use her abilities in emotions including reading people’s thinkings to help navigate life or to help herself, and working hard to improve herself. In Life Is Strange True Colors, I enjoy playing Alex Chen where she got to explore the town of Haven Springs, Colorado, interact with different items to learn about the environment or which people she interacted with,  using her abilities to read people’s emotions while trying to understand life, and trying to figure out her life origin.  

Besides your acting/voice career,  I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes to reduce discrimination. Also I like on how you use your role as an Asian American to help help advocate including support Asian Americans rights including Asian American with disabilities’ rights, express the need for funds to help repair the Asian American community including their businesses, emphasize the need for educational awareness about Asian American culture including history, and many others. Ms. Mori, 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.  Another thing that I struggle with a disability is when other people including other adults get judgmental about me being different from them and have struggles to find different methods to improve myself.  When I deal with these challenges I struggle to understand life or how to feel about things. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also your character Alex Chen in Life Is Strange True Colors helps give me some motivation  to try find different methods to improve myself when there are challenges, try to understand people better despite challenges, and work on expanding on critical thinking to improve comprehension or make decisions in life.  Being an Asian American with a disability is hard for me because some Asians and some Asian Americans get judgmental about me being different from them or not meeting their standards. Also your role as an Asian American and being an advocate along with a supporter of Asians with disabilities’ rights and Asian Americans with disabilities’ rights gives me confidence about being an Asian American with a disability when there are challenges. 

I strongly believe that you are a very talented voice actress.  You did an excellent job making Alex Chen a great character with different unique traits in Life Is Strange True Colors.  Thank you for making Alex Chen a fun character for me to play and learn more about the world. You truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, be a fan of your work including Life Is Strange True Colors, try to be confident about being an Asian American when there are challenges, and learn different methods to improve myself when there are challenges. I was wondering if you could please take the time to answer some of my questions. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me.  Please continue to make a great difference.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Associate Justice Piper D. Griffin of Louisiana Supreme Court

 

9/02/2022

Associate Justice Piper D. Griffin

c/o Louisiana Supreme Court

400 Royal Street

New Orleans, LA  70130

Dear Associate Justice Griffin,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, criminal justice reform, 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. Associate Justice Griffin, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I  find your work as Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court to be very inspiring to me. 

In your current role as Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights and expressing the need to make civil rights stronger in order to help protect minorities, women, and people with disabilities from being discriminated. On people with disabilities’ rights issues, I like on how you express the need for more people who have expertise in people with disabilities’ rights including people with disabilities’ rights law to be in the judicial system or be elected in the courts, emphasize the need for social workers to work with law enforcement to help reduce situation with people who struggle with mental health, and more better reforms on people who have mental health or with a disability to get better access to social security disability benefits.  Supporting the need for drug treatment programs to help drug-users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, advocating for the need for more resources to help victims of domestic violence or victims of crime get help on dealing with their trauma, and strongly express the importance for more funds for DNA testing including forensic science to help solve evidence efficiently while reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform. Also on criminal justice reform, I like on how you express the need for mental health court to help people with mental illness or people with disabilities to get treatment and advocate for the importance of community services to help non-violent offenders including non violent juveniles to rehabilitate so they won’t re-offend.  Another thing that I like about your work in the Louisiana Supreme Court is how you advocate for the need to reduce racial profiling in the criminal justice system to help protect minorities including immigrants from being oppressed, strongly advocate with support the need for better voter protection laws to help protect voters including minorities along with people with disabilities from losing their right to vote, and support protecting civil liberties like the fourth amendment to help protect people from unreasonable searches.

Associate Justice Griffin, 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 civl rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability. Your role as Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court and your advocacy on criminal justice reform helps give me motivation to continue to learn history, criminal justice reform, and social justice.   My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, expand on social justice to make communities  a better place, and many others.  

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for the judicial system. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights, advocate with support criminal justice reform, and many others. You have inspire me to work hard on my disability and continue to learn history including social justice.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Got some Mardi Gras gifts from Associate Justice Piper Griffin