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. Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:11 PM Please include the partners of GLBT victims in the 9/11 fund compensation Dear members of the Victims Compensation Fund, I am writing to urge you to include the partners of Transgendered, Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay (TBLG) victims of the horrible events of September 11th in your criteria for who qualifies for compensation. , along with other passengers, bravely fought the terrorists aboard one flight, and helped prevent further tragedy in Washington, DC., at the expense of their own lives, was of the plane that was seized by terrorists and crashed into the Pentagon. These two people and many, many others who are TBLG, lost their lives for no other reason than that they were Americans. Many TBLG victims left behind long-term partners who now face the same financial and emotional losses as their Straight (heterosexual) counterparts. A number of people including the president and other national government leaders, state and local leaders, and religious and business leaders have commented that on that day and since, there was a sense in this country that, regardless of our circumstances or how or when we came here, we are all Americans. I urge the Board to uphold that vision and recognize that the families and partners of TBLG victims need to be treated equally. Thank you, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-16 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 dojR000961.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. 2002-03-16