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. Tuesday, December 25, 2001 5:42 PM Equal Access for Gay and Lesbian partners December 25, 2001 Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick, I write as a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights movement committed to ensuring respect for the basic human rights of people without discriminatio. In October the US congress passed wonderful legislation that would lead to the creation of a federal fund to compensate the family members affected by the Sep. 11th tragedy. I write to you, hoping that the lesbian and gay partners are not forgotten in the distribution of these relief funds. International human rights standards like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which the US is held accountable to, prohibit discrimination. The Justice Department must stick to the principles of equality and follow the example of New York state by granting compensation, "On a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expences, day to day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need." All of the victims deserve our love and help at this time. I am asking that the Justice department bring real justice with this legislation and include the surviving lesbian and gay partners by giving them equal access to crises and relief benefits. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Individual Comment Mankato, MN September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-25 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 dojN000903.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. 2001-12-25