Smith-Watson said many vets come into the workshops thinking they are just going to watch others act; when they see that the group provides an accepting environment, they stay to rehearse.
Shifting the focus from diplomas to big thinkers requires an accepting environment.
"It's an accepting environment where it's OK to say, 'I'm struggling.'".
Though Duke seeks to be an accepting environment for LGBT people, it continues to have a reputation for being, according to the Princeton Review, a place where 'an alternative lifestyle is not an alternative.' The establishment of this scholarship is a way of signaling the intent of the University to embrace and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of its LGBT students.
I've had the privilege to be in an accepting environment, for the most part.
I feel like I've grown up in such an accepting environment since I was in kindergarten so for me it's normal.
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The performing arts, so violently slashed from many school budgets, provide a place for high school students to grow into young adulthood in an accepting environment of collaboration and friendship.
LOC: Guests can expect an accepting environment with lots of beautiful, intelligent, and engaging women; entertainment and décor that will mesmerize the soul and elevate lesbian nightlife to the next level; and the best all-girl experience imaginable.
Through role-modeling positive reinforcement and support for the family, it is hoped that the family will adopt such practices and provide an accepting environment wherein the risk of stigmatization for the participant is decreased [ 45].
Creating an accepting environment in which persons living with HIV do not feel threatened and are not perceived as a threat, can be achieved by increasing knowledge and dispelling myths about HIV/AIDS among the general population, as well as by raising the awareness of HIV-positive persons about their human rights and 'equipping' them with skills for fighting against stigmatisation.
