Center for Liberty in the Middle East
The Center for Liberty in the Middle East (CLIME) is a nonprofit organization that supports courageous individuals and civic groups spreading democratic values of liberty and tolerance in the Middle East. Through its network of democratic activists throughout the region, CLIME advocates peaceful transitions to political systems that protect individual liberties, enable full political participation, and respect ethnic, religious and political pluralism. CLIME works with Middle Eastern democrats to deepen their societies' awareness of the building blocks of liberal democracy while enhancing their capacity to galvanize grassroots constituencies for political reform.
The center's US director is Eleana Gordon who leads a bipartisan and multi-national team that offers reform activists extensive experience in political and advocacy campaign management, strategic communications, democracy training and education, media relations, organization building, and the strategic use of technology.