How do you find common ground between two radically different groups? After the police shootings of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Jessie Hernandez in Denver, community members were looking for change and accountability. That’s why Michael Acuña facilitates implicit bias workshops for police officers & youth. By examining their biases together, these groups can see each other in a new way. Michael Acuña is a youth advocate, Hip Hop Artist and educator that resides in Denver Colorado. He's currently working along side Youth On Record as a partner artist and the Office Of The Independent Monitor facilitating implicit bias workshops and helping with community outreach. Michael is also the Co founder of Tribal Zyphers, a program that connects youth the indigenous roots of Hip Hop culture empowering self narrative. Michael has been honored as the recipient of the Mastermind Award in 2018 and presidents Obama's My brother keeper initiative MBK 25 award in 2016 for his creative work in his community. 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