Ajené Livingston

Strategy · Leadership · Community

I help mission-driven organizations turn relationships into resources and vision into lasting action

I'm Ajené Livingston, a community strategist, nonprofit leader, and theatre artist based in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, working throughout Chester County, Greater Philadelphia, and beyond.

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When we work together, we achieve incredible results.

  • $800KGrant secured with Work Enclave results
  • 1,500+Leadership alumni kept engaged
  • 40+Productions with Coatesville Cultural Society
  • 60%Of Work Enclave participants became job candidates

What I do

Three ways in, one thread through all of them

The common thread is helping people see what is possible, find their role in it, and move forward together.

Grow the support your mission needs

For missions whose resource plan hasn't caught up. We build your case for support, map the relationships you already have, and set up a donor and sponsor calendar your team can keep.

  • Case for support
  • Stakeholder mapping
  • Donor engagement
Partnerships and resource development
Ajené on stage as the Preacher in The Gospel at Colonus, arms outstretched beneath a candle chandelier.

The arts in every room

Theatre taught me how to listen, adapt, and bring a group toward a common purpose

For more than 25 years I've worked as an actor, educator, and producer. That practice comes with me into every board retreat, listening session, and partnership meeting.

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Cover of Nonprofit Sustainability: Strategies for Surviving and Thriving

In print

My chapter on community rapport introduces the RAPPORT framework for building public trust.

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In the spotlight

Where people came together and things moved

  • Ajené leading a trust exercise with Work Enclave participants in a training room.

    Chester County OIC

    Work Enclave program

    A five-week paid work program whose results helped secure an $800,000 grant.

  • Children gathered on mats for storytelling under shade trees while families watch from lawn chairs at Sundays in the Park.

    Coatesville Parks and Recreation Commission

    People. Programs. Parks.

    Free, year-round park programs and a completed Palmer Park renovation.

  • Ajené as the Preacher in Coatesville Cultural Society's The Gospel at Colonus, the choir behind him.

    Coatesville Cultural Society

    Community arts education

    More than 40 productions and hundreds of school assemblies.

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There is always a good path forward

Have a vision or a challenge you're ready to work through?

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