You may know Bruce Stanley as the cheerful, bow tie-wearing pastor at the helm of Methodist Home for Children – and he is all of that. But there’s a lesser-known side of his work as advocate for children in crisis. He chairs the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee of the Governor’s Crime Commission and he sits on the commission’s Special Committee on School Safety.

The News & Observer featured him recently as Tar Heel of the Week. Read what he has to say and share your own thoughts, below, about the juvenile justice system and school safety.