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 8:28 AM Dear Mr. President: As Americans have so many times in our history, our citizens displayed grace, courage and compassion under the most trying of circumstances. I have never felt so much pride in our country and its people as I felt during the horrific events of September 11 and its aftermath. I have seldom felt, as I feel now, such shame and sadness, at the way those same citizens are being treated by corporations and organizations with agendas that are anything but compassionate or courageous. I have recently been informed of the September 11th Fund's decision to deny compensation to any homosexual partmer of a victim of 9-11. Keith Feinberg of the September 11th Fund declared publicly that no gay victim's partner will be eligible for the benefits due to a hetrosexual spouse/partner of the terrorist attacks. I am sure you are aware by now that one of that day's greatest heros was . He was the young man who, along with other passengers of United Flight 93, fought to regain control of the airplane that was headed to your home. has been lauded as a hero for six months, as have his fellow passengers. The families and spouses of those people will receive compensation for their losses. Because was gay, his partner will not. Illegal aliens and non-citizens of the United States will receive compensation if their spouse or family member perished in the attacks. partner will not. Can you, in good conscience, allow this to happen? Can you look another American in the face, an American who lost a loved one to the hatred and lack of understanding of others, and deny them what is rightfully theirs? Please do not let this be. I urge you to help change the policy of the September 11th Fund. Americans have shown remarkable tolerance and understanding these last six months. Please do not show that to be a travesty. Sincerely, Individual Comment Richmond, Virginia 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 dojR002483.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