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. Monday, March 18, 2002 9:24 AM 9/11 Fund Exclusion of Gays FOR THE MEMORY OF: And so many more... I am saddened, outraged and ashamed to hear that once again my government is choosing to divide its people. How dare such a horrific double standard be applied within the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund. The very idea that benefits would be denied to same sex partners saying that the "law" must be followed while overlooking every law written about illegal imigration is preposterous. I am proud of my country. I know it to be the home of an amazing spirit. Our people, on the whole, have a wonderfully kind and generous nature. And, in times of strife, we pull together to take care of each other. I've seen it times of fire, flood, tornado, earthquake, and now, sadly, during acts of terrorism. When the towers were hit, I was stunned, I listened and watched with disbelief. When the towers fell, I cried. I cried for every life lost, for everyone who lost a loved one, for all Americans who would now have to live in a world that had been changed forever. But, in the days and weeks that followed, I was uplifted by the outpouring of support and for the healing that seemed to be happening across all the artificial barriers that we have established over time. I took part in the common prayer times observed across the country. Groups of people from every religious affiliation, race, and sexual orientation came together, held hands, and prayed. We didn't care then about each other's differences. I cried for everyone. I prayed for everyone. It would appear from their recent statements, however, that the administrators of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund did not. Please correct this injustice. Do not push our people backward. We've crossed such an important bridge. Let's sustain the gain, and move our country forward with all its people equal and united. Respectfully, Individual Comment Dallas, TX September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001693.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. 2002-03-18