Building Community and Opportunity on Chicago’s South Side

For Onnia Harris and her family, the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago is home, and home is a special place. But when local jobs were few and far between, Harris had to travel more than two hours to get to work. That all changed when the method factory came to town. Today, empowered by the skills she’s gained at her new job at method, Harris trains her coworkers with patience and encouragement. By working in her hometown, Harris is able to positively impact the community where she and her family live. Now, she says, all that’s missing is a superhero cape to match her unstoppable state of mind.
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[@alireshad6474]

These videos are hidden gems that deserve more attention that buzzfeed

[@TheSkippyboy]

This is how you bring a community back to life, thank you Method.

[@Daniel-mf8yn]

It's amazing that this company is hiring from their community instead of shipping jobs off to a foreign country.

[@joeh773]

love it, happy the company invests in their employees, gonna buy more method

[@MartinTabanag]

amazing story. glad to know people helping other people.

[@minjustinn]

hey I use their hand soap.

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

i like the dance of the little girl in the last

[@katowo6521]

funny how the other video almost got 10 times more views than this

[@auntjemima1631]

i love her omg

[@xanokothe]

Great, good job Onnia!

[@MegaBrotherA]

This is such a positive story of Chicago, and of a struggling community in general. The negative problems and issues of Chicago gets too much attention. More attention is needed for stories like this.

[@Reg44T]

It’s a lot of middle class good working people in Pullman! It like a person that have a job but he is fat and people concentrate on him being fat! That’s how they look at a black neighborhood!

[@lilamazon]

wow, so inspiring!

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

It's nice to see this community picking itself up instead of whining about how the world is unfair.

[@kanger80]

Method hired her just for this commercial.

[@geico105]

How do you release these so quickly?

[@davidpadilla7712]

I don't live far from that factory

[@erick-pj4yv]

great

[@bobbybob1462]

first

[@bruceaskew2107]

👏👏👏👏

[@crittercosner2877]

Anyone else have trouble understanding her?

[@Electriophile]

Critter Cosner nah it's just you

[@crittercosner2877]

Must be...

[@justincallang6367]

Critter Cosner Just turn in the captions

[@depressedpacito2773]

I had to turn on the subtitles

[@liawatson5789]

I would be more impressed if she had her natural hair.

[@auntjemima1631]

Carbon Queen shut the fuck up