UNI guest speaker Marina Cantacuzino focuses on forgiveness

UNI guest speaker Marina Cantacuzino focuses on forgiveness

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Award-winning journalist and author Marina Cantacuzino will present “Exploring the limits and possibilities of forgiveness,” on April 18 at the University of Northern Iowa.

Marina Cantacuzino

Her presentation, supported by the Department of Communications and Media, is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in 220 Schindler Education Center. The free event is open to the UNI community and general public.

After the invasion of Iraq, Cantacuzino embarked on a personal project collecting stories of people who had lived through trauma and injustice and yet sought forgiveness rather than revenge. She founded The Forgiveness Project charity and, in 2022, published a book titled “Forgiveness: An Exploration,” in which she examined the subject of forgiveness from stories collected over 20 years. In addition to her recent book, she launched the The F Word Podcast in 2020, which led to presenting two series for BBC Radio 4 series Forgiveness: Stories from the Frontline