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. Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:25 AM Discrimination is Un-American Mr. Feinberg and like-minded others at the 9/11 Fund, I am writing to express my deep and profound disappointment and outrage at your recent statements regarding the 9/11 Fund's position on gay and lesbian victims and their partners and families. You suggest that support for gay and lesbian partners should depend on state laws because of a fear of "local battles and lawsuits." Particularly given your position on the inclusion of illegal aliens, how can you not see how hypocritical this is? On an emotional level, these events have triggered an incredible sense of coming together to help one another. Offering gay and lesbian partners equal assistance is not making a political stand or promoting an agenda. It's about helping ALL individuals who have endured loss and who need support. So many heroes from that day are gay and lesbian citizens. Many of them have been profiled in the news as truly symbolic of what it is to be a "good American." Why are you now making a conscious choice to lessen their memory and make them second-class citizens? Sincerely, Individual Comment Providence, RI September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-20 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 dojR002336.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. 2002-03-20