The Good Life – May-June 2023
On the cover – Featured in this issue is an interview with District Court Judge Johnathan Judd. Also in this issue: Dad Life on the Topic of Discipline, Drekker’s Super Mega Expansion, Hip-Hop and Hope, Having A Beer with KVRR’s Chief Meteorologist Max Mueller and more!
On the cover – Featured in this issue is an interview with District Court Judge Johnathan Judd.
Also in this issue: Dad Life on the Topic of Discipline, Drekker’s Super Mega Expansion, Hip-Hop and Hope, Having A Beer with KVRR’s Chief Meteorologist Max Mueller and more!
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“WE JUST REALLY TRY TO<br />
MEET THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF<br />
THEIR MESS, WHICH IS REALLY<br />
WHERE THEY’RE AT WHEN<br />
THEY’RE INCARCERATED.”<br />
<strong>–</strong> MICHAEL BLOOM<br />
He hosted his first event that month,<br />
connecting with 55 kids over two days in<br />
an event that featured a Tampa, Floridabased<br />
hip-hop artist named Longboi. He<br />
witnessed the strong connections made<br />
and continued to grow his reach.<br />
Hip-Hop and Hope Tours has since hosted<br />
events as close as Clay County, Minnesota,<br />
and as far as Valley State Prison, a Level<br />
2 prison in California. In December, they<br />
hosted two Christmas events, and this<br />
spring, they hosted events at the Moorhead<br />
Area Learning Center, West Regional Juvenile<br />
Center and Cass County Jail. Altogether, the<br />
outreaches touched the lives of 90 kids and<br />
82 adults. At the end of April, the team headed<br />
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