Venue 

St. Francis Retreat Center

549 Mission Vineyard Rd

San Juan Bautista, CA 95045

 

Membership

If you aren’t already, we hope that you will become a D2K member or take this opportunity to renew your membership. All membership fees go toward supporting our operational expenses (bookkeeping and admin support, website domain costs etc.) 

Member benefits include: 

-Reduced conference registration rates 

-Voting rights  

-Ability to serve as a D2K Board Member 

-Access to member only section of D2K website

 

Membership rates are $100, $50, or $25 (based on your financial ability) and are due annually, based on the month you signed up/renewed.

$100         Corporate/Institution

$25/$50    Independent 

 

• If you are planning to attend the conference, you can pay your D2K member dues when you register online.

• If you are not able to attend the conference this year, please consider signing up as a member anyway

 

 

 

 

Conference Registration 

Registration and payment is due by June 30. If you would like to attend the conference, we encourage you to commit to being physically present for the entire conference.

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We highly recommend staying at the venue for a more focused D2K experience. However, we also have a commuter rate for those who wish to commute to the venue from home. Please get in touch with us if you are interested in the commuter rates. 

 

*We ask that you utilize your class consciousness in your decision making about what you pay. If you are part of a well-resourced organization/institution (corporate or otherwise) OR are financially able, please pay at the higher rate. If you have any questions about how to make this decision, please talk with a board member.    

To further our commitment as an organization to acknowledge the unceded lands on which we gather, and to dismantle ongoing legacies of settler colonialism, we are including $10 onto registration rates to contribute to the Amah Mutsun Land Trust: www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org. We will make a collective D2K donation to support their stewardship work to restore access to ancestral lands. If you would like to add an additional donation, please do so directly through their website.

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Financial Accessibility

D2K has a strong commitment to ensuring the conference is accessible to participants regardless of monetary resources while simultaneously covering the costs of the conference. We ask that the community join us by holding yourself accountable as you prepare to make decisions about your registration, membership fees, and request for scholarship funding. Please consider your current access to resources and experience with class privilege, the value of the conference, creative ways to finance your registration and how the sponsorship of others benefits the diversity and inclusion at the conference. Your ability to pay full rate and make financial contributions beyond the stated costs is greatly appreciated!

 

Scholarships

As we shared in an email to the D2K community last month, our current financial situation is thin. A large percentage of the scholarships that we have provided in recent years have come from our savings instead of from full-paying attendees.  As we have seen a year-over-year decrease in full-paying attendees, a depletion of our savings, as well as an overall increase in the cost of putting on the conference, we cannot commit to offering scholarships at this time. We must ensure that we maintain a sufficient amount of funds in our savings. While we cannot commit to scholarships, we still encourage you to make a request for a scholarship if one is needed for you to participate. Please email the amount you need that makes attendance at D2K possible for you: d2kcircle [at] gmail.com. Please do this step BEFORE registering. Once scholarship requests are received, the board will assess our capacity to provide scholarships as we get closer to the conference based on possible donations and the number of full-paying attendees. You will receive a discount code to register if we are able to offer scholarships.

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Cancellation Policy

If you need to cancel, please let us know ASAP. A $150 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations. The remaining registration fee (excluding membership fees) will be refunded.

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Nominations

Over the past 33 years, we have built a vibrant community of caring, passionate, and wise DEIJ practitioners and thought leaders through the practice of D2K alumni nominating people to join us for the annual conference; people who understand and resonate with the values and intentions of this community. If you would like to nominate someone to join this unique community. Please send us your nominations by March 27, 2026.

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*Please note that only current dues paying D2K members are able to nominate. If you are not a current member, please renew your membership online.

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Donations

We wholeheartedly welcome contributions to our scholarship fund, which allows us to extend full or partial scholarships to members of our community who would not be able to attend otherwise due to financial constraint. Especially considering our current financial situation, we will be relying heavily on donations and full-paid registrants to support scholarship requests. Please consider directing your support to our community through your one-time or ongoing tax deductible donation. Any donation is greatly appreciated. There are two ways you can donate:

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• Donate online

• Contribute by check, payable to D2K and mail to:
  D2K - 9812 Westminster Way, Elk Grove, CA 95757. 
  Write in “donation” in the memo section of your check. 

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We thank you in advance for your donation!  

 

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COVID Safety Protocols 

We are committed to prioritizing the health of everyone who comes to the D2K conference, including members and the St. Francis staff. The following are our current COVID protocols:

• Ventilation: All indoor spaces that we gather in will have open windows to increase ventilation. 

• Symptom Check: While we no longer ask folks to take a COVID test prior to arrival (unless we receive specific requests from participants to do so), please monitor for COVID symptoms and notify a board member if you’re feeling unwell. We will have antigen tests available. 

• Sick Policy: If you are unwell prior to the conference, please stay home and rest. If you become sick during the conference, we will ask you to wear a mask and if serious, return home. 

 

If you have any questions, please contact us at d2kcircle (at) gmail.com.

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We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

 

The D2K Board

Nadirah Adeye, Eli Brown-Stevenson, Roger Crawford, Joe-Joe McManus, Carol McHuron, Elli Nagai-Rothe, and Jackie Reza