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Framer Framed

Marietje Schaake

On Friday, the 2d of May, Marietje Schaake opens Framer Framed in the Tolhuistuin.
Schaake grew up in Leiden en went to middle school at the Haags Montessori Luceum. After her graduation, ze took off to the United States to study a year of a Liberal Arts-program at the Wittenberg University, Ohio. At the University of Amsterdam, Schaake studied Sociology and later American Studies with a minor in New Media. Ze interned at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and consequently did the Lantos Fellowship at the United States House of Representatives where she concentrated on international relations and human rights issues.
After the completion of her studies, she had her own consulting bureau and she adviced, amongst others, the American ambassador in the Netherlands, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cultural institutions and companies. Schaake was specialised in theme’s such as diversity, integrations and muslims in the West.
In 2007, she received the Barney Karbank Memorial Award 2007 for outstanding leadership in the field of human rights. In the autumn of 2008, Schaake was a candidate for the European Parliament for D66. Ze got the third place in the list of candidates. In the campaign, Schaake, amongst others, got the idea for a European exchange scholarship for mbo-students.
At the European Parliaments election 2009, D66 gained three seats and Schaake was chosen.


Agenda


Opening Framer Framed at Tolhuistuin
Opening exhibition Crisis of History.