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 4:35 PM 9/11 Fund Exclusion of Gays To Whom It May Concern, I am outraged that families of gay and lesbian victims of the 9/11 tragedy will not be automatically compensated in the same way as families of heterosexual victims. Americans have pulled together as never before as a result of this tragedy and denying equal compensation to families of gays and lesbians is to alienate queer and queer friendly Americans (and there are quite a few of us). Discriminatory policies are not new to gays and lesbians and their families, however this policy is particularly offensive. The tragedy of that day was felt just as much by families of gays and lesbians as it was by families of heterosexuals. The entire country felt an extreme sense of loss on that day, one which will last for many years to come. I find it disturbing that there are people who feel it is not appropriate to compensate ALL families who lost loved ones on that day. I think it is tragic that people with such sentiments are in charge of the 9/11 fund. 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 dojR001486.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