New York — In the Trump era, the story of the Kennedys has never seemed so distant. But for former congressman Patrick Kennedy, that makes it more urgent to tell.

The Democrat and mental health activist says it’s important for people to see there’s another way. He participated in CNN’s six-part historical series on his family that airs its first episode on Sunday night at 9.

The series takes a journey from the life of family patriarch Joseph Kennedy, the assassinations of President Robert F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby, to what the current generation is doing today.