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. Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:56 PM Victims compensation for dependents of 9/11 tragedy I should inform you that I am not the type of person with either the time or inclination to engage in letter writing campaigns, even with regard to those issues in which I might have a personal interest, but I feel compelled to voice my opinion about an issue brought to my attention by a family member. The tragedy of September 11th forced a certain amount of much needed closing of the ranks of race, gender, political allegiance, and yes even religion in this nation. Yet it seems someone failed to notify those in charge of disbursing compensation to the families of the casualties of that horrible day. Appropriately, we as a nation have at least in this particular instance decided to set aside issues of illegal immigration, among others, that might normally be an impediment to the legal status of the people in need our financial support, but the same consideration has not been given to same sex partners. While not homosexual myself, I find it ridiculous that we should single out one "different" sort of dependent relationship to deny our consideration in this time of what should still be a period of national reconciliation. Please find the strength to rise above the political fray and do the right thing; treat all the victims of this tragedy with the same humanity and respect and provide domestic partners with the help they need and deserve. Respectfully, Individual Comment San Antonio, TX September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-20 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 dojR002381.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. 2002-03-20