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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:24 PM 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund March 17, 2002 To whom it may concern; I find it appalling that you have chosen to exclude partners of gay and lesbian victims of the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, from compensation under your current plan. Every life lost on that day is a life given in a war against the very things the United States was founded on; freedom, equality and JUSTICE. The fact that most parts of this country have denied basic freedoms to lesbian and gay families should not be held against the survivors who have lost so much. How can you justify the current plan of inclusion of all (even those in this country illegally) but deny the partners of the gay and lesbian men and women who died on that day? Their families are based upon the concept of Family of Choice, CHOICE being a fundamental freedom guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. UNITED being the key word. Today we must act and stand as UNITED citizens of this, the greatest country in the world, not divided by bigotry, religious fundamentalism or intolerance. Individual Comment New York September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001404.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. 2002-03-17