How We Overcome Political Division In America | Adam Hinds | TEDxNorthAdams

What will it take to get over our political divide and approach the challenges we face as a country together? Adam Hinds has worked in war zones, nonprofits, and now the Massachusetts Statehouse, and he may have an idea that could drive a new era of change.
Adam is a Massachusetts State Senator representing a large part of western part of the state. He spent nearly ten years working on the Middle East for the United Nations, including as team leader of a UN-led negotiation on disputed internal boundaries between the Kurdistan region and the rest of Iraq, as chief regional adviser to the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and to remove Syria's chemical weapons program. Before becoming Senator, Adam was Executive Director of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition in North Adams and worked to confront youth violence in Pittsfield. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx