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 10:17 PM DISCRIMINATION To: Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Re: Sept 11 Victim Compensation Fund Discriminates Against Gays and their Families I was quite enraged to learn that Kenneth Feinberg has stated that gay partners of the victims of Sept 11 will not necessarily be eligible for the same compensation as heterosexual family members who lost their loved ones. Sept 11 ushered in a new era of American compassion. "We are all New Yorkers," was a common sentiment. The sense of the united "American family" emerged. Some gay people were not simply victims of the Sept 11 events but were heroes; some such heroes were honored by members of the US Congress for their courageous deeds to, for instance, divert Flight 93 from crashing into the United States Capitol. Now six months later such Americans are officially being declared a lesser kind of hero because they were gay. DISCRIMINATION IS UN-AMERICAN. It is love that makes a family and respect which makes a democracy. Please be fair and just in the dissemination of compensation funds and honor all involved families regardless of sexual orientation. Thank you. Individual Comment Ashland, OR 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 dojR001827.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