In honor of Richard Jewell, who while working as a security guard for AT&T at the Centennial Olympic Park at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA discovered a backpack filled with three pipe bombs. Jewell alerted police and helped to evacuate the area before the bomb exploded, saving many people from injury or death. Initially hailed by the media as a hero, Jewell was later considered a suspect. Despite never being charged, he underwent a "trial by media" and attempts by the FBI to manipulate him into waiving his constitutional rights, possibly in order to frame him. This took a great toll on his personal and professional life.

This petition is to request that the White House Press Room be renamed to The Richard Jewell Memorial Press Room.