President Amy Gutmann of University of Pennsylvania

10/12/2016

President Amy Gutmann

Office of the President

c/o University of Pennsylvania

1 College Hall, Room 100

Philadelphia, PA  19104-6380

Dear President Gutmann,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history 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, need for government reform with ethics reform to reduce corruption, and many others.  President Gutmann, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is because I find your work as 8^th President of University of Pennsylvania and your activism to make society better to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as President of University of Pennsylvania, I like on how you are a strong advocate for the need to make Civil Rights stronger to help protect women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in public and education. Another thing is I like on how you advocate for people with disabilities’ rights to help protect them from being discriminated. Also I am proud of your commitment to improve diversity in University of Penn by working to hire women including minorities to work in faculty positions, expanding on funds for diversity classes to help people understand about culture, and working with minorities including women and people with disabilities to find ways to make learning a better environment.  In 2009, I was very proud on how accepted President Obama’s appointment to chair the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to find ways to improve biomedicine, explore different areas of technology along with science can play a role in medicine,  work on creating ethics for medicine, and find ways to fund research for these projects.  Another thing that I like is how you are committed to make American history a better place in your role board of trustees of the National Constitution Center to help make the education of the U.S. Constitution a great way to help educate people through education software, make exhibits have a clear message, and many others.  Also I like on how you advocate for the need for campaign finance reform like reducing money from corporations including lobbying groups to candidates, push for more disclosure to help voters know who is donating or funding money to a campaign, need to ban lobbyist gifts to legislative members along with members of their staff, and many others.

President Gutmann, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong advocate for Civil Rights, be a strong supporter of making diversity a better place, and be an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  In summer 2013, I enjoyed visiting the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Pennsylvania because I enjoyed learning about the founding fathers, history of the U.S. Constitution, different amendments in the constitution, and many others. Also the museum did a great job helping me with my disability because the educational interactive technology did an excellent job interpreting the U.S. Constitution, when watching clips or listening to audio it had close captions to help me understand about the topic, and many others.  Your role as President of U of Penn and as an advocate for making society a better place motivates me to continue my interest in learning history with public policy.  My future goal is to someday work in public policy to help shape up common sense ideas to make society better and to continue my interest in learning history by visiting historical sites along with museums.  Another thing is your commitment to advocate for ethics reform with campaign finance reform motivates me to understand the need for these things to help reduce corruption in government along with elections.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for society. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to make a great difference as President of U of Penn and as an advocate.  You including your work have inspired me to work hard on my disability, visit the National Constitution Center, be motivated to continue my interest in learning history with public policy, and even learn the need for ethics reform with campaign finance reform. Here is a picture of me as a gift to you for inspiring me. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great difference for society including history, and inspiring me. I wish you well in your current role as President of University of Pennsylvania and continue to make great impact.  I hope I get a chance to meet you because you are a true inspiration to me and a great role model for me.        

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Mayor Mike Rawlings of Dallas, Texas

8/9/2016

Mayor Mike Rawlings

Office of the Mayor

c/o Dallas City Hall

1500 Marilla Street, Suite 5EN

Dallas, TX  75201

Dear Mayor Rawlings,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history with public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to advance on Civil Rights to help protect people who are different from being discriminated, protect the environment from pollution, and many others. Mayor Rawlings, the main reason I’m writing you is because I find your work as current Mayor of Dallas, Texas to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as Mayor of Dallas, I am very proud on how you are a strong supporter of Civil Rights to help protect minorities, women, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in public and education. Also on Civil Rights, I like on how you support funding women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy, advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, and support equal pay for women to help protect them from being discriminated in pay.   Funding renewable energy projects to help create clean energy jobs to reduce addiction to oil with gas, implementing Trinity River Project to help clean parks including river with water to make them safe for people to use, and encouraging businesses to use energy efficient products to help reduce high energy cost are common sense to protect the environment.  To help the homeless, I like on how you support funding shelters to help provide homeless people get shelter that they need and implement “The Bridge”, a health care program to help homeless people get the medical care that they need.  Helping the homeless people is a great idea and really makes a great difference in society when both political parties are not advocates for helping the homeless. Implementing Back to School Fair to help encourage youth to be motivated about getting an education, funding special education to help students with disabilities get accommodations to help the get resources that they need to learn, promoting with funding arts program to make education diverse for people to learn, and creating afterschool programs to help youth get the help they need to learn from tutors is a great way to make education a better place. On criminal justice reform, I like on how you are continue to work with law enforcement to find ways to reduce racial profiling along with reduce racial injustice and push for treatment programs to help drug users including victims of crime or victims of domestic violence get the care they need.

Mayor Rawlings, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights and be an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights inspires me to work hard on my disability. Also your work as Mayor of Dallas motivates me to continue to be interested in learning history.  My future goal is to someday teach history to emphasize the need to make Civil rights stronger, need for checks and balances in the criminal justice system, and many others. My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and to help motivate you to continue making great progress.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in your current role as Mayor on different issues. Mayor Rawlings, I’m very proud on how you work hard to make a great difference. You have made a great impact on me to continue to work hard on my disability and to be motivated to continue my interest in learning history. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a difference when times are hard, and inspiring me.  Another thing is I was wondering if you could share with me what it is like being Mayor of Dallas.  I wish you well on continuing your role as Mayor of Dallas and to continue to push for good ideas to make society better.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Honorable Roswell B. Perkins

3/24/2016

Mr. Roswell B. Perkins

Member of Advisory Committee

c/o Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission

Suite 801

1629 K Street, NW

Washington, D.C.   20006

Dear Mr. Perkins,

My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in studying history and public policy. These subjects are my favorite because I like learning the need to advance on Civil Rights to help protect people who are different from being discriminated, protect the environment from pollution, find ways to make government work for the people, and improve health care to help people get the care they need. Mr. Perkins, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is I find your work as Assistant Secretary for the Department of Health, Education, and your activism to be very inspiring to me.

When Dwight D. Eisenhower became President of the United States, I liked on you accept to be nominated and confirmed to be Assistant Secretary for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to help President Eisenhower including his administration work hard to help America. In your role I liked on how you worked with President Eisenhower and the head of Department of Health, Education, Welfare to expand social security to help people who are low-income get assistance on healthcare including seniors and also advocated for the need for healthcare reform to help people who can’t afford health insurance get the care they need.   Another thing, that I liked was on how you gave advice to President Eisenhower about the need to improve hospitals including health care facilities to help patients with chronically ill, patients who are recovering from surgery, and rehabilitation to help people with disabilities.   When you left your role in the President Eisenhower’s administration, I was very proud on how you continue advocating for the need to make healthcare stronger to help people with pre-existing conditions get the assistance they need and the need for moderates instead of people with extreme views to move the country forward. Currently, I am very proud of your commitment to be a strong supporter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission and continuing helping make history a better place.

In September 2015, I visited The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas. I enjoyed visiting it because I had a great time learning about President Eisenhower’s early life, his military career, his achievements as U.S. President, and post presidency. My favorite achievements of President Eisenhower was expanding Social Security to help the poor get health care, support Civil Rights including appointing African Americans to work in government services to combat against discrimination, and implement the Federal Highway System Act to create highways with fixing roads to help improve public safety and transportation.  In the museum I enjoyed learning some about some of people who served in his administration and I enjoyed learning about your work.  Your commitment to help President Eisenhower got me really motivated to continue studying history, learning about how people can make a great difference, and learning more about President Eisenhower’s work.

Mr. Perkins, I strongly believe that you made a great difference in President Eisenhower’s administration and history to make society better.  You have made a great impact on me to continue my interest in studying history, learning the importance of the need to learn on how ideas can shape society, and others.  Here is a copy of my essay that I wrote about President Eisenhower for my American History class at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan and pictures of me as a gift to you for inspiring me and working hard to make a great difference.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Scott Bakula NCIS: New Orleans

10/05/2016

Mr. Scott Bakula

NCIS: New Orleans- Season 3

c/o Robert E Nims Center Studios

Suite 201

800-824 Distributors Row

New Orleans, LA  70123

Dear Mr. Bakula,

My name is Matt Winick and I am a fan of your acting in two t.v. shows which are Quantum Leap and NCIS: New Orleans.   I enjoyed watching Quantum Leap because I liked the plot Dr. Sam Beckett who leaps in different time travel to correct mistakes in history where he is allied by Admiral Al Calavicci to help him get to his present time.  I thought you did an excellent job playing Dr. Sam Beckett because I liked on how you made Dr. Sam Beckett be committed to help his friend Al and working to find ways to make history right when there are challenges. I really enjoyed watching season1-5 of the show because I liked on how your character explored different characters in the historical eras.   After Quantum Leap ended, I got excited when you decided to play in NCIS: New Orleans. In NCIS: New Orleans,  I think you really do such a great job playing NCIS Senior Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride because I like  on how you expand his traits like examining different evidence to understand a case, have the commitment to work with the rest of the team when they have differences or have different theories related to a case,  and many others.  Another thing that I liked about your character is how NCIS Senior Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride is close friends with NCIS Jethro Gibbs where they work together on cases.  I really like watching season 1-2 and I’m also really excited to see season 3 of it. 

Your character Dr. Sam Beckett, the tv show Quantum Leap, and watching the episodes of Quantum Leap got me really inspired to continue my interest in learning history and calling history to be one of my favorite subjects.  In history, I like to learn the need to advance on Civil Rights, protect the environment, learn not to repeat the same mistakes in the past, and many others. Also what I like to learn about history is to study famous people’s life including their work to learn how their ideas, work, and overcome different challenges to make an impact.  Mr. Bakula, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. History is a great subject for me because it helps me learn that when there are challenges there can be ways to make a difference.  Your role in Quantum Leap on working hard to overcome different challenges and NCIS: New Orleans where your character works hard to make team work together when there are challenges motivates me to learn the need for friendship, continue to work hard when there are challenges, and understand the need for teamwork.  

I strongly believe that you made Quantum Leap a great show including your character. Also I am very proud on how you are continue acting and working hard to make NCIS: New Orleans a great tv show. You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, continue my interest in history, be a fan of you, and be proud to call NCIS: New Orleans one of my favorite tv show. Here is a picture of me as a gift to you to keep for inspiring me. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making tv shows including your character, and inspiring me. I wish you well to continue to film season 3 of NCIS: New Orleans.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick