{"id":1908,"date":"2026-02-11T17:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/gorinchem\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=1908"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:08:37","slug":"maike-withaar","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/gorinchem\/mensen\/maike-withaar\/","title":{"rendered":"Maike Withaar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-maike-withaar5383\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Maike Withaar\" >\n\tMaike Withaar<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-video\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-video__video-wrapper\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/231\/2026\/02\/IMG_2491-scaled.jpeg')\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\t<b>Maike Withaar<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Beeld: Visualsbyjanelle\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\tMaike Withaar &#8211; <br>Bouw samen aan een stad die werkt voor<br>iedereen\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-yellow)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-maike435\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Maike\">\n\tOver Maike<\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Gorinchem<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Voornaamwoorden<\/label><span>Zij\/haar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\t<strong>Maike Withaar is iemand die luistert voordat ze spreekt. In haar werk als participatieconsulent begeleidt ze jongeren richting passend werk\u2014met aandacht, geduld en een open blik. Ze ziet hoe verschillend levens kunnen beginnen en hoeveel het betekent als iemand w\u00e9l kansen krijgt. Dat drijft haar, in haar werk \u00e9n in haar<br>betrokkenheid bij Gorinchem.<\/strong><br><br><strong>Opgroeien in Emmen <\/strong>gaf haar al vroeg een scherp gevoel voor rechtvaardigheid. Ze zag hoe sommige mensen w\u00e9l worden omarmd en anderen niet. Als jong meisje vond ze dat onbegrijpelijk; als volwassene is het precies wat haar in beweging zet. Zeker sinds ze moeder werd en van dichtbij meemaakte hoe ingewikkeld de zoektocht naar zorg en ondersteuning soms is. Het heeft haar blik verbreed en haar wens versterkt om bij te dragen aan een systeem<br>dat w\u00e9l werkt voor iedereen.<br><br><strong>Gorinchem voelt <\/strong>voor Maike als thuis \u00e9n als ontdekking. Ze geniet van de vesting, cultuur, horeca en de nabijheid van de natuur\u2014en noemt zichzelf soms gekscherend \u201centhousiaste toerist in eigen stad\u201d. Maar ze ziet ook de kwetsbare plekken. De dagelijkse files, de onveilige fietspaden, de drukte op centrale wegen: het raakt haar omdat het direct gaat over veiligheid, rust en leefbaarheid voor alle inwoners.<br><br><strong>In samenwerking <\/strong>is Maike rustig, onderzoekend en zorgvuldig. Ze begint altijd bij luisteren\u2014echt luisteren\u2014zodat mensen zich gezien en serieus genomen voelen. Van daaruit stelt ze vragen, zoekt ze verbinding en kijkt ze hoe perspectieven bij elkaar kunnen komen.<br>Inclusie, gelijkwaardigheid en diversiteit zijn voor haar geen woorden, maar uitgangspunten: een stad werkt pas goed als iedereen kan meedoen, ongeacht achtergrond of omstandigheden.<br><br><em>Mensen onthouden meestal dit van haar: Maike hoort je. Ook als er nog geen oplossing ligt, voelt het verschil dat iemand je ziet. Dat is voor haar het begin van alles.<\/em><br><br><strong>Betrokken \u2013 Luisterend \u2013 Zorgvuldig \u2013 Mensgericht \u2013 Enthousiast<\/strong>\t<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1529,"featured_media":2261,"menu_order":0,"template":"","labels":[],"search-tags":[],"division-tags":[30],"class_list":["post-1908","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-bestuur"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Gorinchem &#8212; Onze mensen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/gorinchem\/mensen\/maike-withaar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D66 Gorinchem &#8212; 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