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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 6:32 PM Funds to 9/11 victims' families Dear Mr. Zwick, if your agency/program is discriminating in any way as to the disbursement of funds to the family members of the 9/11 victims, please STOP IT, RIGHT NOW. I've been informed that there will be either lesser or no funds given to the partners of Gay men and women who died on 9/11. If this is true, the backlash from your actions will be tenfold unless you reverse your actions. A person who gave his life in order to spare the destruction of one or more buildings and many lives in Wash. D.C., IS something worth considering and recognizing, whether or not you accept, embrace or despise Gays and Lesbians. As a servant of the public at the highest level of our country's government, you have neither the right nor a good reason to discriminate. And don't even think of using the excuse that "the law is the law" when excluding the partners of Gay men and Lesbians. There are laws regarding illegal aliens that you and/or your agency are ignoring! Period. How do you justify that? If this action on your part isn't a blatant example of hypocrisy, I don't know what is. I am totally disgusted with you and your agency. I think that you are among those in this country who, in the past, and continue now, to underestimate the will, conviction, determination, and resolve of Gays & Lesbians in this country to fight to the bitter end for equal treatment------hence, equal rights. There are countries in Europe that have laws respecting and recognizing Gays & Lesbians, and their relationships/partnerships that make the U.S. laws and attitude look like something from the Dark Ages. Gays & Lesbians in the U.S. are "in it for the long haul", in case you haven't noticed. Gays and Lesbians are no different from any other group that is "kept down"------the more you suppress them, the more determined and harder they pound away at the inequities. In the end, there will be victory for Gays & Lesbians. IT IS ENEVITABLE. If you choose to believe otherwise, go ahead and stay in the Dark Ages mode of thinking, and you'll just be bulldozed over (figuratively speaking) like rubble and trash in the street. You and the Federal Gov't. cannot keep ANY group of people down. No way. So, think about your ignorance and possible hate, then choose to educate yourself and others with whom you associate at ALL levels, personal & professional, so as to make of this world a more peaceful, loving place. I wish you well in your endeavors. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001523.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. 2002-03-17