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 23, 2002 8:22 PM Distribution of victim compensation funds It has just come to my attention that there is a good chance that gay and lesbian Americans who were killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 may not be given equal rights to survivor benefits with others who suffered such extraordinary losses that day. I find this unbelievable in an age when we are all re-evaluating our attitudes towards those who are different from us. Please re-consider who will be compensated for loss and see that ALL survivors receive equal benefits, regardless of sexual preference. There is no room for prejudice in this distribution of survivor benefits. WE MUST ALL STAND TOGETHER TO SEE THAT EVERYONE WHO DIED THAT DAY ARE HONORED EQUALLY FOR THEIR HEROISM AND THEIR LOVE OF THEIR FELLOW MAN AND FOR OUR COUNTRY. We simply CANNOT dishonor our fallen heroes in any way. Thank you for replying to this email. I look forward to hearing that this has all been a terrible misunderstanding on someone's part, and that all funds will be distributed to survivors without prejudice or exclusions. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-23 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 dojR002702.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. 2002-03-23