Alicia White Press, Media Features & Interviews
Press, Awards,Media Features & Interviews
Press Features
Alicia White featured in Crain's New York Business — Notable Leaders in Philanthropy (2025) : https://www.ozarksfirst.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/830529379/alicia-white-named-one-of-crains-new-york-business-notable-leaders-in-philanthropy
Alicia White featured in Crain's New York Business — Notable Leaders in Sustainability (2025) : https://www.einpresswire.com/article/874239783/alicia-white-named-one-of-crain-s-new-york-business-notable-leaders-in-sustainability
Alicia White featured in Bauce Mag - What Drives Most Impactful Black Founders: https://baucemag.com/what-drives-todays-most-impactful-black-founders/
Alicia White featured in the Pulitzer Center - Pulitzer Center Awards Civil Society Microgrants to 12 U.S. Community Initiatives: https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/pulitzer-center-awards-civil-society-microgrants-12-us-community-initiatives
Alicia White featured in Forbes Magazine - The Counterintuitive Growth Strategy These 6 Black Women Founders Swear By :https://www.forbes.com/sites/meganbruneau/2025/02/23/the-counterintuitive-growth-secre
Alicia White featured in Forbes Magazine - The Case For Corporate Gardening Programs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oludolapomakinde/2025/04/22/the-case-for-corporate-gardening-programs/
Alicia White wrote an article on Fast Company- Forget work-life balance. Try work-life mission instead: https://www.fastcompany.com/user/aliciawhite
Alicia White featured in City Limits Opinion Piece - What NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Are Missing on Climate https://citylimits.org/opinion-what-nycs-mayoral-candidates-are-missing-on-climate/
Alicia White featured in Vogue - Raising Hope - Recognizing Women Preserving the Planet: https://vogue.ph/lifestyle/raising-hope-recognizing-women-preserving-the-planet/
Alicia White featured on QNS: Project Petals in Jamaica receives the 2026 Pulitzer Center grant to supporting environmental justice initiative in Queens https://qns.com/2026/08/project-petals-pulitzer-center-grant-environmental-justice/
Alicia White featured on The Drew Barrymore Show- Drew Surprises Women Behind Non-Profit Project Petals with Tickets to Her Season 2 LA Premiere: https://www.thedrewbarrymoreshow.com/videos/drew-surprises-women-behind-non-profit-project-petals-with-tickets-to-her-season-2-la https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYBxIfSSJY
Alicia White featured on Worth.Com: https://worth.com/person/alicia-white/
Alicia White featured on the Kelly Clarkson Show - NYC Non Profit transforms empty lots into thriving green spaces: https://www.nbc.com/the-kelly-clarkson-show/video/nyc-nonprofit-transforms-empty-lots-into-thriving-green-spaces/ACCN365509538
https://youtu.be/sRsQji_qKik?si=AgAY71CPD73qORKo
Alicia White featured on Vital Voices - 2022 Fellow VV Visionaries: https://www.vitalvoices.org/fellow/alicia-white/
Alicia White wrote an opinion piece on QNS- Climate Week is coming to New York. It’s time to invest with communities, not just in them
https://qns.com/2026/09/op-ed-climate-week-invest-communities/
Alicia White featured on Times Square Chronicles - Climate Week Hits the Streets: Project Petals Gives New Yorkers the Billboardm: https://t2conline.com/climate-week-hits-the-streets-project-petals-gives-new-yorkers-the-billboard/
Alicia White featured in Queens Chronicle- Finding a garden, or two, in Jamaica
Alicia White featured in ABC7 NY (Eyewitness News)- Hidden Heroes: Part 3 - Project Petals and Lavelle School: https://abc7ny.com/society/hidden-heroes-part-3---project-petals-and-lavelle-school/3617861/
Alicia White featured in NBC New York - Positively Black: Project Petals: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/positively-black-project-petals_new-york/382305/
Alicia White featured in People Magazine- Resilience Rising: https://partneredcontent.people.com/us-bank/resilience-rising/alicia-white.html
Alicia White featured in the Grist: Urban Farms Can Make Cities More Livable and Help Feed: https://grist.org/cities/how-urban-farms-can-make-cities-more-livable-and-help-feed-america/
Alicia White Featured in the Associated Press - Green spaces are key to combating record heat in marginalized communities: https://apnews.com/article/extreme-heat-climate-disparities-race-ethnicity-6507e130a92016c943a3b411e8731b38
Alicia White featured on CBS News- Green spaces crucial to combating record heat in marginalized communities https://www.cbsnews.com/news/green-spaces-record-heat-marginalized-communities/
Alicia White featured on News Day - Green spaces are key to combating record heat in marginalized communities: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/extreme-heat-climate-disparities-race-ethnicity-v98487
Alicia White featured on Estee Lauder - VV Visionaries Spotlight: The Climate Community Builder: https://www.esteelauder.com/blog-article-earth-day-emerging-leaders-vital-voices-visionaries-alicia-white-community-climate?srsltid=AYCX9vIrq425b_HjhusPuuvconPoz7ccH29G8dxj2SBJdqDI2MaTETu4
Alicia White featured on Spectrum News NY1- New Yorker of the Week:Alicia White: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/nyer-of-the-week/2018/08/06/new-yorker-of-the-week--alicia-white
Alicia White expert commentary Shein’s Rumored $100M Deal Matters More Than You Think—Experts Explain Why https://www.newsweek.com/shein-everlane-deal-sustainable-retail-market-11971329
Alicia White featured on MSG Networks - Alicia White helping the community environment with Project Petals : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hNIGuk_Yjk&t=11s
Alicia White featured on ABC7 Eye Witness News- Here and Now: Project Petals: https://abc7ny.com/society-here-and-now/4384989/
Alicia White featured on News Week-El Niño to Push 2026 Among Hottest Years on Record: UN:https://www.newsweek.com/un-climate-report-el-nino-2026-12688606
Alicia White featured in Medium- Alicia White: 5 Things we must do to inspire the next generation about sustainability and the environment - https://medium.com/authority-magazine/alicia-white-5-things-we-must-do-to-inspire-the-next-generation-about-sustainability-and-the-8d860e08eb71
Alicia White featured in Queens Ledger - Project Petals grows its reach https://queensledger.com/2026/09/03/project-petals-grows-its-reach/
Speaking engagements & platforms
Alicia White’s speaker profile as seen on Women's Forum USA 2023 : https://www.womens-forum.com/e/usa-2023/speaker/54cc6d14-43c7-ed11-9f73-6045bd8890e4/alicia-white
Alicia White’s speaker profile as seen on Worth: https://worth.com/person/alicia-white/
Alicia White’s speaker profile as seen on Princeton University - Keller Center - Empowering Community through entrepreneurship : https://kellercenter.princeton.edu/events/empowering-community-through-entrepreneurship-meet-innovators
Alicia White’s speaker profile as seen on the Nobel Women’s Initiative (Interview Her): https://interview-her.com/find-an-expert/member/alicia-white/
Alicia White’s speaker profile as seen on the Women's Media Center : https://womensmediacenter.com/shesource/expert/alicia-white
Alicia White as seen on Women’s Forum for the Economy & The Society: https://www.womens-forum.com/e/usa-2023/speaker/54cc6d14-43c7-ed11-9f73-6045bd8890e4/alicia-white
Alicia White’s speaker profile as seen on PRSA https://www.prsa.org/person/white-alicia
Alicia White’s speaker profile as seen on International Women’s Day:
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Speaker/1824/Alicia-White
Notable Recognition
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Mentor & Advisor
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)- accredited non-profit
Website: https://www.alicialwhite.com
Project Petals: https://www.projectpetals.org
Blue SKYie: https://www.blueskyie.com