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, December 20, 2001 7:56 PM Subject: equal rights for all 9/11 victims! December 20, 2001 Dear Mr. Kenneth Zwick, I am a member of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights coalition dedicated to ensuring respect for the basic human rights of people without discrimination, in support of equal access to benefits under the September 11 Victims Relief Fund for all victims, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status. I believe that the United States has been committed to upholding international human rights standards, which includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which prohibit arbitrary discrimination. I ask that you apply basic international human rights standards, and the general principle of equality, compensating life partners as well as de facto parents or children who have lost loved ones on 9/11, without regard to sexual orientation or marital status. AI reports that the State of New York has already adopted such a policy, granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day to day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need." In the 9/11 attacks, many lesbian and gay citizens perished. Now the loved ones of those killed have had mixed results in obtaining equal treatment at the local level in the distribution of relief funds by private and state agencies. If the government would create an inclusive policy, this would help establish an important principle for other such funds. Real justice will be obtained only when all families and all types of families who have suffered such unbearable loss on 9/11 are treated with dignity, equality, respect and admiration for their courage. Thank you for your consideration. I will be anxious to hear about your efforts to ensure that all surviving victims of the 9/11 attacks have equal access to the relief fund. Sincerely, Individual Comment Fairless Hills, PA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-20 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 dojN000099.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. 2001-12-20