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, March 19, 2002 3:56 PM 9/11 Fund To Whom It May Concern, I would like to tell you that I greatly appreciate your efforts to help our nation after the devastating events of September 11. However, it has come to my attention that your efforts in aiding those who have lost their loved ones have been excluding a major group of our nation's citizens-- the gay and lesbian population. I believe that if exceptions to the law can be made for those such as illegal aliens (who also deserve the help that everyone else does), it can be made for all who have lost their loved ones in the events of September 11. Simply being homosexual does not make one any less of a person, nor any less deserving of the aid of their nation. It is our very own pledge of allegiance that states, "...and liberty and justice for all." What justice would it be to deny suffering citizens the aid they desperately need in their time of loss simply because they happen to be homosexually oriented? I would like to ask you to please rethink your policy and to allow your relief efforts to extend to consider EVERYONE in need. It is the duty of us as a nation to stand together and help one another, no matter how we may be categorized-- for we are all Americans. Thank you again for your efforts. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-19 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 dojR002217.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. 2002-03-19