As a longtime literacy advocate and a former reading and writing teacher in the Montgomery County Public Schools, ANN B. FRIEDMAN has pursued a lifelong calling to help Americans of all backgrounds and ages forge a strong relationship with language as a means not only of expression, but also of social empowerment. After years of planning and fundraising, her ultimate goal—to create a museum where words will be honored and surprise and delight—will finally be realized: Planet Word will open its doors in Washington, D.C., in the winter of 2019. Join her for an hour of surprising stories about the challenges and pleasures of curating the world’s first museum of words and language.