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 5:32 PM Fairness in compensation TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I have recently come to understand that the victims compensation fund is apparently not treating ALL victims equally, when deciding whom will receive monies from the fund. Equality and inclusiveness have been the chimes of the people for decades now. Women, Blacks, Asians, Chicanos, Mexicans AND GAYS. Our country has come together since 9/11, more so than at any other time in recent history; at least the last 60 years. EVERYONE in this country has suffered as a result of the terror in N.Y. and the loss of lives. EVERYONE who died on that day whether in the planes or the buildings or on the ground died equally. They are ALL considered heroes because of their circumstance. Some have also been revered more than others because of their actions, selflessness and patriotism for their individual actions that day. ALL the families of the people who died on 9/11 have suffered their losses. The families "look" differently. Some are wives, husbands, fathers, mothers, children. Others are unmarried significant others, partners, lovers and yes, children of those significant others. It is time for our country to accept the changing face of AMERICAN FAMILIES. As in all other parts of the world, the recognition and acceptance of "family" now includes those non-traditional families which are different from the traditional married man and woman. The U.S. leads the world in most every way and proclaims to other countries that they must adopt policies of fairness, humanitarian treatment of their own and other peoples, yet the U.S. government still treats hundreds of thousands of it's own taxpayers as less than equal, less than human!! The survivors of the gay men and women who died in the terror of 9/11 deserve equal treatment under the terms of the victim's compensation fund. I sincerely hope that the U.S. government will finally stand up to it's motto of "LIBERTY, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." What part of ALL, excludes the gay and lesbian AMERICANS? Sincerely, Individual Comment Phoenix, AZ. 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 dojR001509.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