Mr. Steve Wilkos The Steve Wilkos Show

2/28/2019

Mr. Steve Wilkos

The Steve Wilkos Show

c/o Rich Forum Theater

307 Atlantic Street

Stamford, CT 06901-3506

Dear Mr. Wilkos,

My name is Matt Winick with a strong interest in learning history, and social justice. The reason I like studying these subjects is because I want to understand how there can be different ideas to improve society and understand the need to protect people who are different including victims from being discriminated. Mr. Wilkos, I have been a fan of The Steve Wilkos Show since 2007-present.  I like on how you help people who are victims of crime, abuse, drug abuse, and bullying with advices, counseling, and finding out the truth.  Mr. Wilkos, I enjoy watching the episodes of your show because you do an excellent job helping people. There was an episode that got my attention which was “15 year-old Girl bullied online” on 11/26/14. I watched the episode about how a 15 year-old girl got bullied by other people with them spreading bad rumors about her. In the episode I was touched by how you counseled her with her mother about finding different ways to prevent being bullied like finding good friendships, be careful on online like social network, and getting counseling to help them, taking the time to listen to her story, and having audience share their struggles of being bullied to show that she is not the only one facing problems with giving her advices.  Your work on making society better with campaigning against bullying really inspires me to be confident when times are hard or when I have struggles.

Besides your work as a TV host, I really like on how you are an activist on supporting Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes to reduce discrimination, advocate for campaign to combat against bullying, support programs to help victims of crime or victims of domestic violence, and many others.  Mr. Wilkos, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning new subjects and I get teased by other people about it.  During my school days including present and social network people tease me about my disabilities.  It was very hard for me because people would reject me from being part of a group due to having a disability, sometimes people on social network like Facebook people would spread bad rumors about me like making statements which weren’t true, some girls would make fun of me by comparing other boys or people who didn’t have a disability as better people than me, and even I lost friends due to them judging me about having a disability and not having an advance education. However I had gotten help with my disability like when I was a little kid I had a therapist Pam who worked with me on teaching time to help me learn to speak, in schools like elementary school through high school I had a T.A. who worked with me on learning subjects and had a special education program to help accommodate my disability, and at Washtenaw Community College I was able to get an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts with help from Learning Support Services by extending my accommodations like extra time on exams, use a recorder to record lectures to improve my note-taking, and have tutors work with me on different subjects. During my struggles when I get teased I watch your show to help me feel confident by watching on how you give advices with standing up for victims when they don’t get help that they need. Mr. Wilkos, your activism to supporting civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes, advocate for victims’ rights including victims of bullying, and  your show really inspires me to work hard on my disability and try my best to do well in life when I have struggles.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for society. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to help people who need help when they face different challenges as tv talk show host of the Steve Wilkos Show. Also I truly appreciate on how you support Civil Rights, people with disabilities’ rights, and social justice causes. Here is $5 for you to use for social justice causes. My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and to wish you a Happy Birthday for March 9^th. 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

Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez Garced of Puerto Rico (Attorney General of Puerto Rico)

       12/26/2018

Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez Garced 

c/o Office of the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico

PO Box  9020192

San Juan, PR  00902-0192

Dear Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez Garced,

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,  protecting the environment from pollution, pushing for criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others.  Secretary of Justice Vazquez Garced, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as current Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as current Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, 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-crime to help protect minorities including people who are different, and investigating public places that practice different forms of discrimination.  Supporting drug treatment programs to help drug-users get the care they need to reduce drug-abuse, working with law enforcement including the Office of the Secretary of Justice to expand  resources to assist victims of crime or victims of domestic violence get help on dealing with their trauma, and expressing the need to have more funds for DNA testing including forensic science to help reduce sending an innocent person to jail while solve evidence efficiently is common sense for criminal justice reform.  Another thing that I like about your work as current Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico is how you prosecute public officials who are corrupt or accepted illegal bribes to reduce corruption,  went after the industries that illegally pollute the environment or violate environmental protection laws to help improve public health while reduce pollution,  and expand educational awareness to help educate people about the need to reduce gun violence along with drug abuse.    Besides your work as current Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico I like on how you are an advocate for the need for immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees and DACA children from being oppressed and heavily advocate for the need for the criminal justice reform to reduce racial profiling to help protect minorities including immigrants from being oppressed.

Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez Garced, 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 current role as Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico 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 to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution,  have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others.  

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in your current role. I’m very proud on how on you are working hard to support Civil Rights,  push for criminal justice reform, improve victim’s rights, and many others.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability and to continue to learn history including social justice. I was wondering if you could please explain to mw what it is like being Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. I wish you the best to continue to make a great difference.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Ms. Joan Van Ark Actress Knot's Landing

        1/28/2018

Ms. Joan Van Ark

c/o Creative Talent Group

Suite 2475

1900 Avenue of The Stars

Los Angeles, CA  90067

Dear Ms. Van Ark,

My name is Matt Winick and I’m a fan of your acting. My favorite tv show that you played in was Knots Landing. Knots Landing was a great soap opera because I enjoyed the plot of the show about Gary Ewing and his wife Valene Ewing moving to Los Angeles, California into a neighborhood where they make friends along with dealing with different issues. Ms. Van Ark, I thought you did an excellent job portraying as Valene Ewing because I liked on how you made her have different unique traits like caring about her daughter Lucy Ewing when she has difficulties with life,  working on improving her relationship including friendship with Gary Ewing when they have difficulties in marriage or other life struggles, and many others.   Also I liked in Knots Landing was how Valene Ewing and Gary Ewing would work together when they face challenges and how Valene would help other neighbors when they have struggles.  Another thing that I liked about Knots Landing was how it focus on the importance of friendships when times are hard.  I enjoyed watching re-runs episodes of season 1 through 14.

Ms. Van Ark, 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 as Valene Ewing in Knots Landing and your work with Mr. Ted Shackelford  (Gary Ewing) really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also some of the life lessons in Knots Landing on the need for friendships when times are hard help me to try my best to work hard on understanding how friendships work.

I strongly believe that you are a very talented actress in soap opera. You do such an excellent job making Valene Ewing have different traits.  Also I thought you and Mr. Ted Shackelford really made Valene Ewing and Mr. Gary Ewing a great dynamic couple.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, try my best to understand how friendships work, and watch re-runs of Knots Landing. I was wondering if you could please give me some advice about understanding friendships and working hard on my disability when times get hard. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, doing an excellent job acting, and inspiring me. I wish you the best for the future.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

President Freeman A. Hrabowski III of University of Maryland, Baltimore County

         2/19/2019

President Freeman A. Hrabowski III

c/o Office of the President

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

1000 Hilltop Circle

Baltimore, MD  21250

Dear President Hirabowski III,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, and diversity.  In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, have diversity to help accept people from different background, a need for education reform to make learning a better tool, and many others.  President Hrabowski III, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as current President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter and advocate for Civil Rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, expressing the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination in order to help protect minorities, people with disabilities, and women, and working to find ways to make University of Maryland, Baltimore County reduce discrimination.  Expanding tutoring services to provide students with help on their assignments from tutors,  pushing for more accommodations to help students with disabilities like extra time on exams or have educational software to help improve their comprehension,  and implementing more liberal arts (history, social justice, science and basic classes)  to help make education diverse is common sense for education reform. To improve diversity I liked your approach on hiring women, minorities, and people with disabilities to work for the college, pushing for recruiting African Americans including minorities to come to University of Maryland, Baltimore County,  partnering with minorities communities along with groups on campus to find ways to make University of Maryland, Baltimore County diverse for all students.  Another thing that I like about your work as President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County is how you expanded more funds for research programs to help understand how different subjects can be beneficial to society and innovate STEM education to help encourage students along with minorities and women to develop interest in medicine, science, and technology.  Besides your work as President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County I truly appreciate on how you are continuing to be a strong advocate for Civil Rights including people with disabilities rights,  expressing the importance of diversity to help accept culture along with people coming from different background,  and being a strong voice for African American communities.

President Hrabowski III, 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 inspire me to work hard on my disability.  Also your story about how you and your friends joined the Children’s Crusade march for Civil Rights which resulted in being jailed for non-violent protest,  helping to comfort your friends including the youth who were involved in the Children’s Crusade march when they including you face difficulties in the jail, and how you became more motivated to continue to campaign for equality, education, and excellence during the Civil Rights era helped me get interested in learning about the importance of the Civil Rights movement.  Also on Youtube I enjoy listening to you about how being involved in the Civil Rights movement helped shaped your life to be very committed to make society including education have equality and excellence for people who are disadvantage or minorities.  Your role in the Civil Rights movements and as current president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County gives me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, diversity, and civil rights.  My future goal is to someday work in these areas to emphasize the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, the need for social justice to make communities safe, the importance of diversity to help recognize cultures, and many others.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference in the Civil Rights movement and as current President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support with advocate for civil rights, push for education reform,  and improve diversity.   You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, understand the importance of civil rights, and be motivated to continue to learn history, social justice, and diversity.  Your story about being involved in the Civil Rights movement is truly inspiring.  My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and for Black History Month to help recognize African Americans influential who work hard to make a great difference.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me.  I wish you the best to continue to make a great difference for society,

Sincerely,

Matt Winick