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, March 21, 2002 2:06 PM 9/11 distribution of funds March 21, 2002 To the decision making bodies concerning distribution of the 9/11 funds: I join many others in writing this letter to you, to express my dismay at the intention of Kenneth Feinberg to omit assistance to selected beloved of the victims of the 9/11 tragedy, by deferring to each state's legal definitions of "family". Hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide, of all ethnicities and all sexual orientations rose to the occasion to send money to the 9/11 fund, with heartfelt desire to support the surviving family members and loved ones of the attack. My company alone donated in excess of $100,000 . I ask you to put aside your political and religious boxes for enough moments to recognize that loving relationships and loving families have been evolving in our country for centuries that do not fit into these boxes, but which deserve unconditional recognition as valid. Love, respect and dedication to family life happens in all kinds of homes, even (and some might say especially) in lesbian and gay homes. Children are being raised by two moms and two dads all over this country, and are growing into beautiful adults who will contribute to a more tolerant future. Whether or not you personally support or disdain a homosexual lifestyle is inconsequential to the fact that they exist en masse. Each individual in these families has earned through loving support and devotion to their loved ones the right to be considered family and, therefore, the right to the assistance that the 9/11 fund proports to provide. I implore you to please reconsider the way in which these valuable dollars are being distributed. Individual Comment San Francisco, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-21 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 dojR002533.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. 2002-03-21