SUNDAY JAN 25 | Really Really Free Market at Anaheim's Pearson Park
What to know about this coming weekend, plus survey results
Sunday 1/25: Really Really Free Market at Anaheim’s Pearson Park
This Sunday January 25th from 2-4pm, join OC Indivisible Coalition & 50501 Orange County at Anaheim’s Pearson Park (400 N. Harbor Blvd, between the tennis courts) from 12-4pm as we support the Anaheim Really Really Free Market (Anaheim RRFM)!
We are so grateful to be welcomed by Anaheim RRFM organizers to host our weekly food & essentials drive at their event. Participants are welcome to give what they have and take whatever they need/want. If you’re dropping off donations, look for volunteers with signage. Any donations left at the end of the event will be taken to the Collective Aid OC community pantry at the Untold Story Bookstore down the block.
More details on how to participate in the Really Really Free Market follow:
No money. No bartering. No trading. Everything is FREE
What can you bring to give away? Anything clean, useful, and safe, for example: craft supplies, books, toys, clothing, shoes, plants, housewares, small furniture, electronics, non-perishable food, etc.
Bring your own blanket or tarp to set up your items.
Please wait until people are done setting up to grab any items from them. Give them space. Do not crowd around them.
You must take any items back home with you that people didn’t take. Keep the park clean!
Please don’t sell items you find at the RRFM.
Do you want to provide a free service? (Haircuts, nails, mending, repairs, etc). Or do you want to teach a skill? (Crochet, how to play a game, yoga, etc.) Contact @rrfm_anaheim!
Sunday January 25th, 12PM-4PM
Pearson Park in Anaheim (400 N. Harbor Blvd, between the tennis courts)
More Events & Protests This Weekend
🗓️ FRIDAY, JAN 23
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: Voices of Villa Park
📢 Message: Immigrant rights & advocacy
Santa Ana
3PM onwards – ICE Murderers OUT! From Santa Ana to Minneapolis, Walk Out of Work & School!
📍 Downtown Santa Ana, 4th Street & Spurgeon
👥 Hosted by: OC PSL
📢 Message: In support of the Minnesota general strike
🗓️ SATURDAY, JAN 24
Newport Beach
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM – Weekly “Defend Democracy” Protest
📍 PCH & Jamboree
👥 Hosted by: Newport Indivisible
📢 Focus: Immigrant rights, voting rights & democracy
San Clemente
12:00 - 1:30 PM – Banner Drop for Democracy
📍 Ripcurl-Trestles Pedestrian Overpass
👥 Hosted by: SJC Indivisible
📢 Focus: Defend democracy; tell the world what’s happening is not ok
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
JUST ADDED: Orange
12:00 - 3:00PM – Patients Before Politics
📍 S. Main St & W La Veta Ave
👥 Hosted by: Pride at the Pier, OC Indivisible Coalition, OC GAPNet
📢 Focus: Demand that CHOC stand with patients and doctors and reverse their decision to ban gender-affirming care
JUST ADDED: Santa Ana
4:00 PM – EMERGENCY RALLY & VIGIL: No More ICE Murders!
📍 Bristol & 1st
👥 Hosted by: CSO OC
📢 Focus: ICE out of our cities, justice for those killed by ICE, stop the deportations, legalization for all
🗓️ SUNDAY, JAN 25
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
Anaheim
Monthly Last Sundays 12-4PM – Really Really Free Market (RRFM)
📍 Pearson Park (between the tennis courts)
👥 Hosted by: RRFM Anaheim
📢 Focus: Every last Sunday of the month! No money. No bartering. No trading. Everything is FREE. What can you bring? Anything clean, useful, and safe. Craft supplies, books, toys, clothing, shoes, plants, housewares, small furniture, electronics, non-perishable food, etc. Bring your own blanket or tarp to set up your items.
Anaheim
12:00–4:00 PM – Rally for Democracy Food Drive Supporting the Anaheim RRFM
📍 Pearson Park (between the tennis courts)
👥 Endorsed by: 50501oc & OC Indivisible
📢 Focus: Community building, mutual aid
🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
Huntington Beach
1:00–2:30 PM – Weekly Protest Against #47
📍 Huntington Beach City Hall
👥 Hosted by: HB 4 Democracy
📢 Focus: Immigrant rights, voting rights & democracy
🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
Saturday 1/24: 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 in Irvine (that’s the park right next to Irvine Civic Center!)
REMINDER: 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
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. We are also now including Red Cards in whistle kits being distributed to ICE watch volunteers. 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)