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Faith, Trauma, and Leadership: Leading San Diego’s Homelessness Response

Faith, Trauma, and Leadership: Leading San Diego’s Homelessness Response

Update: 2025-10-04

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Tamera Kohler leads one of the most complex homelessness responses in America — San Diego’s. In this episode, she opens up about how faith, trauma, and leadership shaped her journey from growing up in poverty to becoming CEO of the San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness. Tamera reveals what the data really shows, the hard truths about why homelessness is rising, and the solutions that actually work.

This is a rare, honest look at what it takes to lead through crisis — and how courage, compassion, and evidence can guide us toward real change.

This podcast is sponsored by BitFocus, the smarter way to manage homeless services. To learn more, visit https://bitfocus.com/invisiblepeople

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Faith, Trauma, and Leadership: Leading San Diego’s Homelessness Response

Faith, Trauma, and Leadership: Leading San Diego’s Homelessness Response

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