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 6:30 PM Equal Compensation To Whom It May Concern: I am writing this to express my outrage that gay and lesbian heroes of September 11 are being neglected in regards to compensation for loved ones left behind. Considering how many other "exceptions" are being made (such as with illegal aliens) there is no justifiable reason that the spouses and partners of gays and lesbians killed on September 11 should be overlooked. The fact that we cannot have "legal" marriages in this country yet is not our fault, but rather a problem with the laws which will hopefully be corrected over time. In retrospect, it is now hard to believe that there was ever a time in our country when women and blacks were denied so many rights, including the right to vote! Some day, this kind of discrimination against gays and lesbians should look equally as shocking and unbelievable. Many gay and lesbian couples would have a marriage license if they were able to; don't cut them out just because at this time they can't get one! Gays and lesbians involved in September 11 are heroes just as much as everyone else involved, and those left behind are in just as much pain as everyone else impacted by the event. Show the compassion that everyone was lauding in the weeks/months following the tragedy, and do whatever can be done to assist our gay brothers and sisters affected by the disaster! It is the only just thing to do! Sincerely, Individual Comment Pasadena, CA 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 dojR001792.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