Colleen Grablick - The 51st

Colleen is a 51st co-founder and a former DCist reporter. Her work has appeared in NPR, Street Sense Media, and The Washington Post. She currently lives in New York, where she's pursuing an MFA.

79 articles

Three kids walk down a sidewalk with a toy car

Civics Roundup

Dive deep into Chocolate City: Your weekly Civics Roundup

A film screening about D.C.'s gentrification, a general strike teach-in, and more ways to show love to your community.

Colleen Grablick Feb 12, 2026

Palentine's spirit: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Civics Roundup

Palentine's spirit: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, a Black History Month book drive, labor leader training, and more ways to get involved.

Colleen Grablick, Sam Delgado Feb 5, 2026

A Washington D.C. flag in the snow.

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Train to protect your neighbors: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, an anti-ICE student walk-out, performance oversight, and more.

Colleen Grablick Jan 29, 2026

A D.C. flag painted onto blue w

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Punk processing: Your weekly civics roundup

Plus, help dig through D.C.'s punk archive, and more ways to get involved.

Colleen Grablick Jan 22, 2026

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C. against a blue sky.

Civics Roundup

Walking out on fascism: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, MLK Day Peace Walk, a benefit concert, and more.

Colleen Grablick Jan 15, 2026

A crowd standing at an intersction, a person draped in a DC flag and another holding one up high.

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Resolved to get involved? Your weekly civics roundup

Trainings, orientations, and more ways to get active in your community.

Colleen Grablick Jan 8, 2026

A judge's gavel next to a stack of two law books.

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Cocktails and Courtwatch: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, poetry, comedy, and wine fundraisers — and more!

Colleen Grablick Dec 11, 2025

A blue and red soccer ball sitting on a pitch in the dark

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No ICE in our World Cup: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, a massive public safety hearing, ways to support mutual aid, and more.

Colleen Grablick Dec 3, 2025

A crowd of runners lined up at a starting line, under a Thanksgiving-themed arch of balloons.

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Turkey trotting and boycotting: Your holiday civics roundup

Plus, a place to volunteer, a healthcare hearing, and more.

Colleen Grablick Nov 26, 2025

A phone booth with a book resting on top at dusk in Mount Pleasant, D.C.

Civics Roundup

Punk market: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, a Whole Foods picket, a local film screening, and more.

Colleen Grablick Nov 20, 2025

A stretscape on a sunny day, with cars and people milling around downtown D.C.

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The downtown fight-for-our-rights: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, plug into mutual aid, or learn jiu jitsu for a cause.

Colleen Grablick Nov 13, 2025

An out-of-focus image of a perosn crossing U Street in Washington D.C.

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Clothing swap and punk rock: Your weekly Civics Roundup

Plus, a juror teach-in, a Council hearing on D.C. schools, and more.

Colleen Grablick Nov 6, 2025