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. Friday, November 30, 2001 11:03 PM Dear Attorney General Ashcroft, The deaths on September 11th were the result of an attack on America. Please do not discriminate against the unmarried partners of September 11th victims. All unmarried partners, gay or straight, young and old and their dependents should be eligible for compensation. The vast majority of western civilization including religious institutions used to believe that women and African Americans should not be afforded equal rights. It's hard to believe that it was ever this way, yet the same type of rigid thinking discriminates against unmarried and homosexual people today. I know that this does not make your job any easier, nor does it make it easy to administer funds to survivors of victims, and while fairness often comes with a price, fairness also pays greater social dividends over time. It would be hard to imagine women and African-Americans being treated today as they had been at the turn of the century. Society at large takes a long time to change course and overcome prejudice. Yet wise people with perspective have to help chart that course, making even small changes that become significant change over time. I have faith in your compassion for all people who justly deserve assistance, and in your dedication to not discriminate on the basis of religiously-oriented opinion or upon sexual orientation. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-30 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 dojA000237.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. 2001-11-30