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, December 09, 2001 11:17 PM grief and government Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Dear Sir: I write in defense and assertion of our individual rights, in the aftermath of 9/11. The mean-spirited notion that some victims should be excluded because of private matters of sexual orientation has no place in the actions of our government. Fairness demands that the families of gay and lesbian victioms of 9/11 be permitted to participate fully in whatever programs are or may be established to provide relief and assistance. The grief stemming from 9/11 cannot be assuaged with compensatory dollars, but hardship may be to some degree alleviated. That is a proper and decent role for government and for private charities as well. The public concurrence is evident from the tremendous outpouring of giving to such purposes. I deplore any act of government that is likely to inflict more grief rather than advance healing. I strongly urge that the government shun bigotry and act with compassion; there's already been too much grief. With urgency, Individual Comment Berkeley, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-09 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 dojA001395.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. 2001-12-09