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. Friday, December 21, 2001 2:42 PM Victims Rights December 21, 2001 Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick, As a citizen of the United States of America, I would like to express my sympathy for the victims and their survivors of the September 11th attacks. I am a proud citizen because of the way this great nation has come together in such a time of crisis. However, now more than ever it is important for us not to loose the strength to act out of such a feeling of love. As a way to find more strength as a nation committed to human rights, and to create further acts of love and justice, I urge you to include monies for all the victims of September 11th attacks. Some of the many lesbian and gay surviving partners of those killed on that tragic day have not been receiving equal distribution of the monies from the Victims Relief Fund. Along with you I support a United States dedicated to upholding the highest standard of human rights. I strongly support actions that uphold our adherence to the human rights standards in the Constitution, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. If, however, the United States does not ensure that each individual receives equal compensation under the Victims Relief Fund, the United State will fall short of its commitment to such humanistic standards of equality. I commend the State of New York for setting a human rights standard by including wording that will grant compensation benefits to anyone ?showing mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day to day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need.? I, along with Amnesty International, believe that including such wording to the compensation policy-as New York has done-will apply a basic standard of international human rights in American, and enforce a general principle of equality. Thank you for your consideration and I will look forward to hearing from you on how equality has been upheld in America at such a crucial time. Sincerely, Individual Comment Greenville, MI September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-21 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 dojN000537.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. 2001-12-21