{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20131205163635/http://hankjohnson.house.gov/press-release/rep-johnson-honors-lithonia-teen-receiving-peace-first-prize", "Rep. Johnson honors Lithonia teen for receiving Peace First Prize", "2013-10-30", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "GA", "Hank Johnson", "J000288", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) honored Lithonia, Ga., teen Mary-Pat Hector from the House floor for being among 10 winners nationwide of the inaugural Peace First Prize for her campaign to combat gun violence.\nHector launched the \u201cThink Twice\u201d campaign in April 2013 after the senseless shooting deaths of a 14-year-old Grayson High School student in Loganville and a 15-year-old student in Chicago.\u00a0 Hector earned $50,000 as part of her award and will use the funds to attend Spelman College, improve the \u201cThink Twice\u201d website, purchase public announcements and travel to schools spreading her message of peace.\nIn his floor speech, Johnson called Hector an \u201ceveryday hero, a young constituent who has set an example we would all do well to follow.\u201d\n\u201cMary-Patricia refused to sit idly by while children died in playgrounds, funerals outnumbered graduation ceremonies, and violence begot more violence. Her campaign encourages youth to think twice before picking up guns. I am proud of her achievements and glad to have the privilege of representing her.\u201d\nPeace First is a national non-profit organization based in Boston that exists to create the next generation of peacemakers. Winners of the Peace First Prize were chosen based on the criteria of courage, compassion and the ability to create collaborative change.\nFor more on Miss Hector and \u201cThink Twice,\u201d visit www.justthink2wice.com. For more on Peace First, visit www.peacefirst.org.\nTo watch the floor speech, click HERE.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20131205163635/http://hankjohnson.house.gov/press-release/rep-johnson-honors-lithonia-teen-receiving-peace-first-prize"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7270700298249722, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}