About Us
Project Petals Inc., is an environmental, community development, and climate organization working to improve under-resourced communities and our environment. Project Petals provides the tools, resources, and education needed to create healthier environments, food security, and the creation and improvement of green spaces. We help support the environmental leaders of today and the youth leaders of tomorrow.
Since 2014, we have worked with community leaders, environmental leaders, volunteers, and youth to connect communities to the resources they need to improve their community, practice climate resilience and improve environmental outcomes. We provide educational programming, leadership training, volunteer engagement opportunities, access to tools, resources, and sustainable, safe spaces; we are reducing barriers to healthier environments and education and creating more equitable communities.
We aim to improve the environment in under-resourced communities and support BIPOC communities that will be disproportionately impacted by climate change.
Leadership
ALICIA WHITE-President and Founder
Alicia White is an award-winning change-maker, environmentalist, and social entrepreneur. Alicia’s work focuses on climate equity, environmental justice, social innovation, community development, and social impact to create healthier environments and build climate resilience. She is the Founder of Project Petals, a groundbreaking environmental and community development organization that mobilizes communities to get involved in environmental stewardship and policy changes in their communities. Alicia’s work helps communities create healthy environments, create a pipeline of resources, and position community leaders at the heart of decision-making at the policy level.
Alicia’s advocacy work stems from a lifelong passion for improving the environment in BIPOC communities, making environmental innovation and leadership educational programming accessible, and connecting communities with vital resources. To date, Project Petals has directly improved thousands of New York residents’ environments.
She has worked on policy changes in New York. Alicia was on the committee and coalition of the $4.20 billion Environmental Bond Act of New York. The largest environmental bond act in New York’s History.
She has spoken at the KELLER CENTER of innovation at PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, PRSA Public Affairs and Government Section, and countless other institutions on subjects such as climate change, environmental equity, social impact, social innovation, community development, leadership, women in leadership, and youth leadership.
Alicia has been awarded for her work by ABC News, Discovery Channel, Huffington Post’s 99 Limit Breaking Female Founders, NBA New York Knicks’ City Award, New York City Mayoral Service Honor Award, NY1 News, MLB Yankees Hero Award, and Points of Light. Most recently, she has been named a Vital Voices and Estee Lauder Top 100 Global Women leader.
Alicia’s work has been featured in media outlets, including ABC, NBC, NY1 Reader’s Digest, Women’s Health Magazine, and The Huffington Post. People Magazine has also highlighted her works in their Resiliency Rising Series, highlighting amazing people working to create change throughout the pandemic and beyond. She has appeared on the Drew Barrymore Show, and Drew has described Alicia “As someone who has something to teach us all.”
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TIFFANY WHITE-
Has been with Project Petals since it was just an idea. She has worked in the areas of human resources, communications and finance for over five years, for luxury fashion brands like DVF. In addition to being finance and human resource savvy, Tiffany has a passion for changing her community and other communities in need. She has spearheaded projects in New York City and looks forward to making additional progressive changes where needed. Tiffany has been a Partnership for Parks fellow where she has received an honor from the commissioner of parks. In addition to being an award winning finance professional she is the ultimate Petal Pusher.
CANDICE A. KENDAll, MPA
Candice is a compliance professional and analyst. She has a M.P.A., Inspection and Oversight, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She has worked with non-profit organizations in the areas of compliance and Program Quality Analyst. She is dedicated to improving organizational effectiveness through the use of data analytics to guide strategic planning and improving community positioning. She has been with Project Petals since formation and we are happy to have her as a Petal Pusher.