11th President Thomas Parham of California State University, Dominguez Hills

 

5/12/2021

President Thomas A. Parham

c/o Office of the President

California State University, Dominguez Hills

1000 East Victoria Street

Carson, CA  90747

Dear President Parham,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, diversity, health care, environment, and education reform. 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 diversity to accept people who different or come from a different background, improve education reform to make learning a better tool, have health care reform to help people with pre-existing conditions or who can’t afford health care get the care they need, and many others. President Parham, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as 11th President of California State University, Dominguez Hills and some of your work on social justice including mental health to be very inspiring to me.

In your current work as 11th President of California State University, Dominguez Hills, I truly appreciate on how  I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter and advocate for civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights and expressing the need to make civil rights stronger to reduce discrimination in order to protect women, minorities, and people with disabilities. Also to improve civil rights, I liked on how you work to expand on rules to combat against bullying and harassment.  Supporting accommodations to help students with disabilities like extra time on exams or use educational software to help improve comprehension, expanding tutoring services to provide students with help on their assignments from tutors, and implementing more liberal arts, arts, humanities, history, and basic classes to make education diverse along with make more opportunities for students to find subjects that they want to learn are great ways to improve education reform. Also on education reform I like on how you support literacy programs to help students including adults improve on their comprehension skills or gain literacy skills.  On diversity, I like on how you work on hiring women, minorities, and people with disabilities to work for the college and expand on programs to help educate staff members and students about different cultures along with the need for diversity to accept people who are different or come from a different background. Another thing that I like about your work as President of California State University, Dominguez Hills, is how you expand on more research programs to help students get engage to learn how different topics can make a great difference for society, implement mental health services to help students who struggle with mental health to get the care they need, push for more scholarships to help low income students or minorities get assistance on getting into college or affording supplies, expand more literacy programs to allow tutors to help students including adults in the California area get help on improving their comprehension, and heavily express the need to reduce high tuition cost to help students from paying high costs in order to get a college. Besides your work as President of California State University, Dominguez Hills,  is I like on how you are how you are a continuous strong supporter of civil rights causes, advocate for environmental protection to reduce pollution, emphasize the need for more liberal arts in colleges, a strong need for criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and express the need for immigration reform to help protect immigrants, dreamers, and refugees from being oppressed.  Also I like on how you use your role as an African American to advocate with a support of the need to help the African American community with health care, mental health services, educational programs, and many others. 

President Parham, 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. Also with my disability I struggle with mental health like depression including anxiety when I get bullied or face harsh judgment by other people about being different,  when I have trouble fitting into social groups or activities, and many others. It is hard for me to find good mental services to get help. 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 I enjoy reading your articles on California State University, Dominguez Hills, American Psychological Association,  and other sources about the need for better mental health services to help people who struggle with mental health, the importance of education reform to improve learning, emphasize the need to reduce racial injustice, and better educational awareness about mental health.  Reading some of your work and seeing you in different documentaries helped me get motivated to try to understand how society works or if there are ideas better improve society when there are obstacles.  Your advocacy for the need to improve mental health services including people who struggle with mental health rights helps give me some comfort when I struggle with mental health. Your work and your role as 11th President of California State University, Dominguez Hills gives me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, diversity, health care, environment, and education reform. 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 diversity to accept people who different or come from a different background, improve education reform to make learning a better tool, have health care reform to help people with pre-existing conditions or who can’t afford health care get the care they need, and many others.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in society and education. I’m very proud on how you work hard to support civil rights, expand on education reform, improve diversity, make social justice stronger, and many others. You have inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn 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. I was wondering if you could share with me about what it is like being California State University, Dominguez Hills and how you got inspired to be interested in mental health advocacy along with being interested in the field. I wish you the best to continue to make a great difference.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick