First and foremost, CLN is a network. We get you in touch with other organizations doing similar work. You may use each other's resources at conferences; share a table or split a program ad fee; speak at each other’s events; or promote each other’s work on social media. 

Not only will you be able to use our library of CLN writing, our interview videos, and our research (through the Institute for Integrated Social Analysis), but you will have free access to CL brochures and pins. You can also draw on our Board’s skill and our knowledge of life, peace, and social justice philosophy and advocacy.

Being connected with CLN and its work helps your organization to identify the ties among different forms of violence. In doing so, you are able to quickly and effectively educate the public about the larger significance of your own vision and work.

Many organizations fall into the trap of “preaching to the choir.” By working with a diverse range of groups, your organization is able to share its message with individuals and groups who have yet to hear your perspective. You can connect with groups from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of purposes.

CLN publishes a weekly update (“Peace & Life Connections”) that includes information about the recent and upcoming events, activities, successes, and needs of our member groups. We also share your work on our social media and encourage network members to support each other’s work.

Our weekly Peace & Life Connections includes information about the activities of our member groups, powerful quotations on our issues, and commentary on major world events. We update you on what is most important. This allows you to spend more of your time focusing on your programs and less time looking for the stories.

Many of our organizations don’t fit neatly into conventional political categories, and are therefore excluded from pro-life/peace/social justice circles. CLN is a space for relationship building and camaraderie.

Many of our organizations are small nonprofits with limited budgets, but this doesn’t mean they can’t or don’t have an impact. By collaborating with one another and through CLN, our member groups can expand their collective impact.

Your affiliation with causes outside of your primary mission allows your organization the opportunity to table and present at spaces that are usually unwelcoming. For example, if you are a pro-life group, you can emphasize your CLN affiliation to table at an anti-war conference, or vice-versa. Your organization will also be invited to speak or table at CLN-hosted conferences.