Teen Mentor Profile

Hello All,


Today we thought it would be fun to share with you what one teen mentor does for a living.
Peter Takis, 17, is a local entrepeneur who designed and launched his own clothing label, Local Advancers, at the age of 15. Not only does Peter have an incredible eye for street wear fashion, he is also an avid promoter for Winnipeg and it's local artists.  Although Peter has now graduated from high school, he maintains his belief in the power of mentoring. Recently, Peter posted this to his Local Advancers facebook page:

"What would you choose?

1. Influencing 1 person all your life and have $1,000,000.00 in your bank account?
-or-
2. Influencing 1 million people positively all your life and have $1.00 in your bank account?

It's actually a pretty crazy thought, realistically the majority or people would take the dough and enjoy it but I'm gunna try to explain the importance of being a positive influence to your sc

hool, city and generation without sounding out of touch (edited)...

I think as teenagers we need to rethink rich. Being wealthy is so over glamorized it's shocking. Don't get me wrong making money is something we should shoot for, but true power is how many people we can influence in a positive way.

My goal and biggest motivation with everything I do is to inspire young people and play a part in advancing the city...

2 years ago WPG wasn't exactly known for streetwear brands was it? In 2010 I launched LA with $300 and a 15 year old's grade 10 education. Since then we began paving the way being one of the first independent brands coming out of the 204 and definitely one of the first brands pushing a positive message in the entire streetwear industry. FLASH FORWARD 2 YEARS... how does the city look for streetwear now? It's seems like every high school as a kid is launching a line hey? It's awesome and inspiring! Now Winnipeg streetwear progression has taken a life of it's own! Not to mention the past ignorance in streetwear is essentially dead, people now want to wear what's important to them. If your wearing LA or not, that's not the point but wearing what you believe in is.

Did I get rich in the last 2 years? HELL NO. But I'm blessed to know that young people and aspiring artists in WPG have began to take action because they heard some skinny goofy looking kid named Peter Turkis, Takis, Tack-ass or something did so when he was 15. I'm proud of that!

We all use twitter right? I'm on it far too often for sure, but in between my silly tweets I make a genuine attempt to tweet tips and positivity instead of negativity or drama. I don't push my twitter and say "I have 25,000 followers" for an ego boost, sure it's cool to have fans but I see 25,000 followers as 25,000 listeners/ opportunities, so I try to make it count by inspiring them, making them laugh or helping them get passed an issue. So since your on facebook now, look at how many friends you have 500, 1000, 1500? Posting something positive would be dope, and might put a smile on someones face right?

Alright enough preaching for one night aha.. I just hope everyone doesn't get so caught up in the dollars and cents so we can start moving our schools, city and generation forward. Oh and also listen to 2 Chainz... he's inspiring too ;)

- Peter Takis:

 

 

Please take the time to check out Local Advancers on facebook to see what Peter is up to next! He's an inspiration to us all!! Keep up the amazing work you do, friend!!

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 Local Advancers Facebook