MEET CHRIS BATES
Independent Advisor & Advocate
Consultant
Impactful Speaker
Lived-Experience Expert
Since 2018, Chris has been an independent consultant working on projects in Massachusetts and beyond, focused on homelessness, exchanging sex to meet needs, and stakeholder engagement related-issues
Chris has become a nationally recognized survivor speaker on the issue of males that exchange sex to meet their needs
“I am a male survivor. As a kid growing up, I wanted to become a doctor, an architect, or engineer. I never once woke up and had aspirations to sell my body.”
-Chris Bates to Truckers against Trafficking
From strategic planning to innovative solutions, the focus is always on improving the quality of care for vulnerable and marginalized people. Chris works directly with individual programs or networks of programs.
SERVICES OFFERED
Lived-experience driven consulting on homelessness, exchanging sex to meet needs, and engaging key stakeholders
Overcome Exploitation Consulting works directly with governmental/non-governmental key stakeholders, agencies, organizations, programs, and systems