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I had a great day presenting to 250+ people at Flying Dust First Nation, near Meadow Lake, SK, yesterday. As always, it is an honor and a privilege to meet the people. Our Kookum and Kids coloring book series was a big hit!

I gave a presentation to a Sociology class on the U of S campus on Tuesday, January 14th, 2020, that was simultaneously broadcast live to an audience at various locales across the province. The focus of my presentation was "BEING ALL WE CAN POSSIBLY BE."

My next speaking engagement is in the TV Studio in the basement of the Education Building on the University of Saskatchewan campus between 7.00 and 8.30 pm on Tuesday, January 14th, 2020. Hope to see you there!

*Excerpt from Northern Pride, December 12, 2019 Addictions Week speakers helping youth of today gain confidence Photo: Rick Langlais and Flying Dust's prevention worker Patricia Main.... Each year the Meadow Lake First Nations promote National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) and this year it was held Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, with the theme being Stigma Ends with Me. Flying Dust First Nation’s health department invited Rick Langlais to speak in the community because he is a sought-after speaker on Saskatchewan reserves and in adult-learning classrooms. Due to being beaten at home and told I was no good, I left at a very young age and lived on the streets realizing things couldn’t get any worse, Langlais said. I was always high and doing dumb stuff, and it was always about drugs, hot cars and violence. I swore, if I ever dummy up, I will help others. For the past two decades, Langlais not only takes time speaking to youth, but he also provides a drop-in space, clothing, food and love through Hands On Outreach & Development Centre Inc. in the city of Saskatoon. This came about after being released from prison, but his idea was to start a fight club for youth to help protect themselves. The few kids that signed up were also hungry, so I fed them, he said. The next day 150 hungry kids appeared. Now, 27 years later, Langlais and his company are there for the inner city youth in Saskatoon and feeds thousands of hungry kids a year about 35 tonnes of food each year. He found from his past skills as a hustler and his past life of crime, those skills transferred. There’s always gonna have to be somebody to fight for the youth and speak up for the youth. I feel like I was made for this, he adds. He recalls his first attempt at speaking up was as a four-year-old kid. I was told to shut up with the back of a hand, he said. Drugs and alcohol have effected every aspect of my family’s life. First my parents, then later myself. Today, I have a family and so honoured to have one. Patricia Main, FDFN prevention worker, who emceed the addictions week event, was impressed by the guests. They were so engaging and they showed statistics that blew our minds, she said. And the youth from Transition Place Education Centre (TPEC) are still talking about their visit from Rick Langlais.

I had the privilege of meeting these two dynamic future leaders when I was speaking at Carpenter High School in Meadow Lake last week. We truly have some amazing youth!

This past Wednesday, I spoke to an audience of 200+ people at Flying Dust Reserve and another 260+ people at Carpenter High School in Meadow Lake, SK, during National Addictions Awareness Week. In addition to delivering my message, I gave gifts to the crowd, which included: copies of my Dysfunctional book, fidget spinners and puzzles (from Puzzle Master), and dozens of knitted scarves, toques and mitts. What a privilege and honor it was to meet and to be able to speak with so many dynamic youth and community leaders!