Wednesday, October 14 2020

Join your YWCA Columbus tonight, 5:30-7:00 p.m. for Activists and Agitators, a virtual racial equity training and grounding conversation with Austin Channing Brown. This year’s Activists and Agitators will be a conduit for ongoing development of racial literacy in Columbus, increasing accessibility and inclusion to racial equity training, and advancing the organization’s mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice freedom and dignity for all. For more info and to purchase tickets click right here. ❤️

Happy Wednesday! Chelsea here.

Anyone else looking for a weekend getaway? If I'm being honest, I'd love a month-long beach vacation, but since that's not in the cards, I'll have to settle for something a little shorter and closer to home. Luckily for me, Ohio has some amazing accommodations nestled up in the canopies. That's right, my friends. Today, we're looking at some gorgeous treehouses where you can spend the weekend relaxing and recharging in nature. Let's do this! 

Navigator Feature Story: 

Plan The Perfect Weekend Getaway To One Of These Amazing Ohio Treehouses

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COSI Is All Set To Reopen To The Public In Late November

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Thanks to some fantastic science, COSI will be opening their doors before we know it. You can get all the details on the enhanced safety precautions and the opening date here. I do feel like it's worth noting that the unicycle won't be open quite yet, which is a bummer, but any COSI is better than no COSI! 

Columbus Students Reflect On School Officers After Contract Ended

In the weeks after Columbus schools "abolished" the agreement to have resource officers, students reflect on what role officers had in their education. This story is the latest from Matter News in their Crossing The Line series. 

Headlines 📰 

Gahanna teachers went on strike

yesterday over disagreements on how to educate students this fall. You can read the

union statement here

, and the WOSU

story on the strike here

. One note of contention seems to be that teachers would be required to livestream to half the students every day, while being responsible for maintaining the online chat + video of students at home. The

comments on this story at Reddit Columbus

are interesting and higher quality than is typical there.

The city of Columbus

is hosting drive-thru clinics to provide flu shots to citizens this month. You can check out

the schedule at this link

, and please make a plan to get a flu shot. It's important every year, but this might be the most important flu shot of everyone's lives, given the importance of not straining the healthcare system right now. (10TV)

The Columbus Museum of Art

has been forced to

slash its budget and lay off 39 employees

due to the financial effects of COVID-19. This is a good reminder to support things you find important this year (if able!) because almost everything that relies on visitors is hurting so much. (Statehouse News Bureau)

Weather:

71 and sunny

Air Quality:

Good

Pollen:

 Low-Medium (Ragweed)

Coronavirus Updates 💊

1,447 new cases

, 123 new hospitalizations, 12 new deaths. Trend graph

- we're definitely trending up. 

COSI will be re-opening

November 20th, after being closed

. (Twitter)

A preview of what

the landscape will likely look like once a vaccine is approved.

First, a vaccine approval. Then "Chaos And Confusion."

(New York Times)

Sponsored by The Columbus Foundation. This year’s Big Table on October 16 is all aboutconnecting through conversation, assistance, and action. Make a plan to host a virtual talk, lend a helping hand, or volunteer with your favorite nonprofit, and then tell us about it! Learn more at TheBigTable.org. In these difficult times, let's come together to talk, help, and act for a kinder, more connected community. ❤️❤️

Today's Photo 🤳

Let's get serious for a second: I will take any and all fall-themed pet photos you can throw my way. Even when the model is a little uncooperative like this guy right here. From the

IG caption

:

"do you know how hard it is to get an unwilling indoor cat to pose next to a pumpkin on your front steps?? I’m sure my neighbor working in her home office across the street enjoyed watching the photo shoot"

But you know what? Totally worth it. 🎃🐈

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