SUNDAY JAN 11 | Remember the Victims of ICE: Community Art Build & Sign-Making
What to know about this coming weekend, plus survey results
Sunday 1/11: Community Art Build & Sign-Making
This Sunday January 11th from 2-4pm at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, we invite all community members of Orange County to come together in solidarity, to comfort one another, to hold all victims of ICE in our hearts and honor them by creating protest art, signs, and banners.
We will also be asking for your help to assemble free whistle kits for ICE watchers, and will be distributing information on how to join your local defense hubs.
Plus, the food & essentials drive is still on. Priority items include cooking oil, canned meals, protein, toilet paper, body and dish soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, and diapers in larger sizes.
Sunday January 11th, 2PM-4PM
Bill Barber Park in Irvine
2026 Direction Survey Results & Volunteer Info
After the Pol.is survey concluded at the end of November, those results left us with a solid sense of the direction in which volunteers and participants want the movement to take. This includes:
continuing our mutual aid work
supporting the actions of other groups doing things like banner drops, ICE watch, attending city council meetings, boycotts, etc
building local community
participating in civic engagement and local politics
There were a variety of competing ideas about whether we should continue protesting and, if so, how often and where. We compiled these open questions and posed them to our active volunteers in a follow-up poll. The results of that poll follow:
Folks want to protest just twice a month, and meet every Sunday for some sort of activity. They want to meet at rotating locations that include cities other than Irvine, and they overwhelmingly do not want to pay for permits. A majority of folks think our theme should be “Rally for Democracy” every week that we do protest.
As a result, we will be moving to holding protests on every 1st and 3rd Sunday, and hosting community-building activities on every 2nd and 4th Sunday, all taking place at varying locations throughout Orange County. For months with 5 Sundays (Mar, May, Aug, Nov) we will play it by ear. Keep an eye on this space and on social media for updates.
View the original data & tallies here; complex multiple-choice questions were analyzed via both ranked choice voting & weighted response. In each case the results were the same for both methods.
We need your help! To help carry us forward in the movement using the survey results, there are jobs that need active owners!
Chat Admins: We do our planning on the Signal app. Help us set up and moderate our weekly planning chats.
Location Scouts: Research and propose locations for protest or activity for a given week.
Activity Planners: Adopt a favorite non-protest activity (Really Free Market, social picnic, skills workshop, sign-making, etc) and help make it a success.
Mutual Aid Coordinators: Manage our food/essentials drive, coordinate drop-off, recruit & schedule volunteers.
Get started here: 50501oc.com/volunteer
Events & Protests This Weekend
Updated to include new rapid response protests added late this week.
🗓️ FRIDAY, JAN 9
Villa Park
8:00–9:30 AM – [Weekly] No Hate, No Fear! Immigrants Are Welcome Here
📍 Villa Park Rd x N Wanda Rd
👥 Hosted by: Indivisible CA 40
📢 Message: Immigrant rights & advocacy
⭐NEWLY ADDED: Santa Ana⭐
6:30PM — NO MORE ICE MURDERS!
📍 34 Civic Center Plaza
👥 Hosted by: Orange County CSO
⭐NEWLY ADDED: Fullerton⭐
6:30PM — End ICE Violence!
📍 Fullerton City Hall (303 W. Commonwealth Ave.)
👥 Hosted by: Live Oak UCC, First Christian Church Fullerton, UUC Fullerton, CSO Orange County
📢 Focus: Emergency nonviolent demonstration: “People of faith and conscience respond to the ICE killing in Minneapolis and escalating ICE kidnappings in OC”
🗓️ SATURDAY, JAN 10
Newport Beach
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM – Weekly “Defend Democracy” Protest
📍 PCH & Jamboree
👥 Hosted by: Newport Indivisible
📢 Focus: Immigrant rights, voting rights & democracy
Costa Mesa
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM – Basic Essentials & Food Drive
📍 IKEA Costa Mesa
👥 Hosted by: Costa Mesa Mutual Aid
🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
Aliso Viejo
11:00 AM–12:30 PM – Weekly “Defend Democracy” Protest
📍 26501 Aliso Creek Rd (at Enterprise)
👥 Hosted by: Aliso Viejo Resistance
📢 Focus: Fight oligarchy & corporate power, boycott Tesla
🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
⭐NEWLY ADDED: Santa Ana⭐
2PM — Fight Trump’s War on Venezuela and Stop ICE Terror Across the U.S.
📍 Ronald Reagan Federal Building (411 W 4th St)
👥 Hosted by: Orange County PSL
🗓️ SUNDAY, JAN 11
Huntington Beach
1:00–2:30 PM – Weekly Protest Against #47
📍 Huntington Beach City Hall
👥 Hosted by: OC Huddle & 50501hb
📢 Focus: Immigrant rights, voting rights & democracy
🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
Fullerton
12:00–2:00 PM – Weekly: Abolish ICE & End the Occupation Banner Drop
📍 Over the 57 Freeway (Deerpark Dr. & Yorba Linda Blvd)
👥 Hosted by: OC Banner Drop for Pali
📢 Focus: Banner drop for Palestine; abolish ICE. Masks strongly recommended for safety & health
Irvine
2:00–4:00 PM – Remember the Victims of ICE: Community Art Build & Sign-Making
📍 Bill Barber Park
👥 Hosted by: 50501oc & OC Indivisible
📢 Focus: Come together in solidarity to hold all victims of ICE in our hearts and honor them by creating protest art, signs, and banners. Also create whistle kits and obtain information on joining local defense hubs
🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
⭐NEWLY ADDED: Orange⭐
5PM — ICE Out for Good Peaceful Vigil
📍 Orange Circle (Chapman and Glassell)
👥 Hosted by: Indivisible Orange
📢 Focus: Vigil in to honor the memory of Renee Good
🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
Saturday 1/10: Free Self-Defense Class
This and every Saturday morning at 10am, join our dear friend Greg at the free self-defense class he hosts each week next to Soccer Field A in Bill Barber Park (that’s the park right next to Irvine City Hall!)
Volunteer With Us!
Do you want to join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach? No matter your abilities or interests, we have a role for you. Visit our volunteer information page to get started.
Support the Million Red Cards Fundraiser
With ICE raids once again hitting Orange County hard, we are now more than ever in need of Know Your Rights red cards to distribute to community members who want them. Learn more about how you can help:
Donate to the 1 Million Red Cards effort
Educate yourself: ICE in OC Resource Drive
Support the Orange County Rapid Response Network
Join a local community defense group (Instagram link)
Ill be there. Sent to other oc locals