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 11, 2002 3:28 PM survivor benefits appeal My name is . I am a resident of Sioux Falls, SD. I have read that for domestic partners of gay men and women who have died in the September 11 tragedy, compensation may not be available. As a sister of a lesbian with a life partner, I am writing to register my dismay at such discrimination. While states may not recognize partners in unmarried domestic relationships, the fund can. I encourage you to follow the spirit, not the letter, of the law. Brave men and women died for our country in a moment of tragedy. If we can include unborn children and alien residents in our compensation, we can include in that compensation the loving partners of gay men and women who have sacrificed their lives in this time of national crisis. I urge you to make this change a reality. A hero is a hero. Please honor the memories of all these brave individuals by refusing to discriminate against a few of them. Respectfully, Individual Comment Sioux Falls, SD September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000225.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. 2002-03-11