Building joy, resilience, and strength through climbing and community.

Kinship Climbing Collective is a rock climbing and leadership development program serving young women and gender expansive youth from New York City public high schools. Our mission is to build joy, resilience, and strength through climbing and community. Our free, volunteer-run program provides our students with opportunities to grow not just as climbers, but as a community of outdoor leaders.

Kinship is committed to equity, justice and access. We serve students from across New York City and have built a supportive, intergenerational community that provides a safe space for dialogue around issues related to gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and other dimensions of identity.

  • A young Latina woman smiles while climbing an outdoor cliff
  • Three young participants look on while wearing rock climbing helmets
  • A young Latina woman in glasses pauses on a rock climb to smile at the camera
  • A group of students and mentors pause on a winter hike to pose smilingly for the camera
  • A group of students and mentors pause on a winter hike and smile at the camera.
  • A group of students and mentors pause on a winter snowshoe hike to pose in a fun manner.