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. Monday, March 18, 2002 11:34 PM Please unbias the Victim Commpensation Fund to include same-sex partners of 9/11 To whom it may concern, On September 11th we all lost members of our ethnic, religious, political, social, and communities. This tremendous loss has had devastating affects on all of us. On September 10th I went to bed as a 27yo, college-educated, gay, Italian- American. On September 11th when I finally was able to lay myself down I was simply an American. Proud of my country and the life that I was privileged enough to lead in the land of the free. Liberty and justice for all. For the first time in my life I stopped identifying myself by what made me different and instead by the one thing that we all share. We are all Americans, united in the land of opportunity for all. Over the past six months I , like most of us, have tried to make sense of what has happened and how I fit into the post Sept 11th America. While my recovery has not been easy, I have found comfort in the attitudes of others. Our country has taken a step back to appreciate one another more than ever before. People in general, for now, seem to more united and tolerate of one another. This has helped me to heal, knowing that I can find solus in my fellow citizen because we have been united by a horrific tragedy. Then came the announcement that same-sex partners are excluded from receiving benefits from the 9/11 fund. I feel, now more than ever, excluded from my peers. Almost as if our bloodshed means nothing to the country we live in, serve, and die for as &nbsp did in Pennsylvania. I really feel that in circumstances where financial and or medical dependency can be established, same-sex partners should receive compensation. This money was raised in part by our community as well. I urge you to please send the message of unity to all Americans and show that my love for my country is valued equally as it should with all Americans. Thank You, Individual Comment Johnston, Rhode Island September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001780.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. 2002-03-18