Life-Changing Transportation - Inside the Dannon Project

Transportation doesn’t always show up the same way for everyone. In this episode, field producer Jehme Pruitt steps forward to tell a story rooted in her own experience—growing up around the work of her mother, Kerri Pruitt, and The Dannon Project, a Birmingham nonprofit focused on helping people rebuild their lives after incarceration. It’s work that often begins with something immediate: getting someone where they need to be. Because when that doesn’t happen, the consequences can escalate quickly. A missed ride can mean a missed shift. A missed court date. A violation. A return to jail. This episode looks at how those moments add up—what it takes to support people through them, and how efforts like goBHM are working to build a more connected system across Birmingham. Connections is goBHM’s official podcast, produced in partnership with the Birmingham Department of Transportation (BDOT) and the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA) as part of the Multimodal Transportation Plan. Produced, written, and hosted by Ebony Flake. With Field Production by Jehme Pruitt. Learn more about goBHM at www.letsgobhm.com