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. March 13, 2002 Kenneth L. Zwick Director, Office of Management Programs Civil Division, US Dept of Justice Main Building Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Mr. Zwick: Of all the terrible moments of September 11th, the worst for me personally was watching the first WTC tower collapse, not yet knowing whether one of my dearest friends had escaped. Fortunately, she was safe; she wasn't even in her office in the South Tower that day. However, had she been there and had she been among those killed, her loved one would right now be losing her home. And that's because is a lesbian. I have learned that your are on record assaying you will follow state law regarding compensating same-sex domestic partners of 9/11 victims. I urge you to reconsider this position. It is grossly unfair. Since you have chosen-rightly-to make recompense to families of illegal aliens, you clearly have the power, authority and moral right to make choices that are at odds with previous U.S. policies. Please, do the same thing with the same-sex survivors. I know how divisive issues of sexual orientation still are in this country; I am under no illusion that you aren't being besieged by calls from the Christian Right to prop up the "traditional family." But please, do the right thing and treat same-sex partners with the same care, concern, compassion, and fairness as all the other victims of the terrorist attacks. This no time to further punish those who are already suffering so terribly. Thank you for considering my position. Sincerely, Individual Comment Washington, DC September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-13 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 dojR002857.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. 2002-03-13