La Grange fair housing worker honored for efforts to promote diversity

La Grange resident Marian Honel-Wilson has been recognized for her commitment to diversity both professionally and in her personal life.

“Too often, people who work in a state agency dedicated to a particular social justice topic do not necessarily carry that over into their own personal or community life, Marian has,” said Joseph Martin, executive director of Diversity Inc., an intergovernmental organization of several south suburbs in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to promote fair housing “What she does in La Grange affects the entire region in one way or another…” Please click here to read Jane Michaels’ story in the Tribune.