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. Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:40 PM 9/11 Fund I must publicly comment on the recent decision to exclude payments to the certain families of the 9/11 victims. To say that I am outraged is a understatement. To publicly state that the families of certain heros from 9/11 are not entitled to the same benefits of others does not exemplify the American spirit that our government so proudly exclaims exists. Our government leaders are sending the message loud and clear: you do not have to practice what you preach. There was no discrimination on 9/11. None. People from every nationality and from every walk of life were killed, wounded, lost a family member, rushed into help their neighbor and rushed into to help a stranger. America was hurt that day; but American was also proud that day. Our spirit rose to a level that even surprised the most patriotic. To publicly state that certain families of the heros are not entitled to the benefits of the 9/11 fund because of their sexual orientation is an outrage. Plain and simple. Have our leaders lost this spirit that so many of us renewed? To say that they are willing to turn and look the other way in regards to illegal aliens and provide those families with benefits and, in the same breath, state that because same sex reunions are not recognized at the state level, families of gay heros are not entitled? Does this mean that state's do not recognize illegal aliens or punish corporations for allowing illegal aliens to work in this country? I am not a proud American today. How will we ever move to a point where America is free of discrimination when our respected leaders are clearly not setting the example. God Help America and God Bless all the heros who gave their lives for my freedom without regard to my religion, my sex, my color or my sexual orientation. Individual Comment Boston, MA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002521.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. 2002-03-21