Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:10 PM justice and fairness Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20530 Dear Kenneth Zwick, I would like to voice my extreme outrage that gay and lesbian partners of those who died on September 11 are not automatically going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses from the Victim Compensation Fund. September 11 reminded many citizens of America's promise of justice, pluralism, and equality and of how inspiring that promise can be. It is quite incredible that our very own government would endorse the notion that some American lives are worthier than others and specifically that some kinds of love and family are inferior. Gay and lesbian Americans are tragically barred from legal recognition of their kin ties, but those kin ties are precious nonetheless. Family members of gay men and lesbians killed on September 11 do not feel grief of a lesser order and they should not be compensated in a way that adds to their pain and suffering. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-19 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojR002249.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-03-19