Black Excellence: Michael A. Walrond

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5336793/mental-health-harlem-black-church-pastor

It was his own mental health crisis that helped Michael A. Walrond, Jr. to understand and embrace mental health care. “Out of nowhere, I had a suicidal ideation,” Walrond recalls. He was in his late 30s at the time, already busy building a life and expanding his congregation at First Corinthian Baptist in Harlem, New York.