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Zivia Berkowitz

Author: Beau Toepfer[1]
See also: Notable Queer Outdoor Recreationalists and Affinity Groups in Colorado Springs

Berkowitz is another CC graduate and member of the Ritt Kellogg Adventure Grant board. She hopes to expand the presence of marginalized individuals in the outdoor recreation community and to make the climbing community even more inclusive of non-normative identities, including herself as a ‘Blackqueer’ climber.[2]

Community Impacts

Zivia Berkowitz is working on a documentary to be called Rooting Souls, which follows her and two other climbers of color on a self-supported expedition to summit Mt. Kenya. The film has the goal of challenging the white, male European-dominated mantra of who has access to the mountains and who has access to larger expeditions.[3]

References

  1. This article was written by Colorado College student Beau Toepfer as a part of Dr. Rushaan Kumar's LGBTQ+ Social Movements class. Some formatting and edits were made by Nico Wilkinson to fit the formatting of the website. ↩︎

  2. “Zivia Berkowitz,” Scarpa, 2024, https://us.scarpa.com/community/athletes/zivia-berkowitz. ↩︎

  3. “Rooting Souls.” Women Make Movies. Accessed April 15, 2026. https://www.wmm.com/sponsored-project/rooting-souls/. ↩︎



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