Orange County CA Protests & Events This Week (Jun 23-Jun 29, 2026)

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Dear Greater Orange County:

Here are your opportunities this week to get out, make connections, and start taking action! This weekly schedule includes protests, city council/school board meetings, community-oriented activities and mutual aid drives for basics & essentials.

Standout actions this week:

  • Tues 6/23: The community continues to demand accountability from GKN Aerospace at the Garden Grove City Council Meeting.
  • Thurs 6/25: Come out to the Nixon Library at noon to protest JD Vance on his book tour – scroll down for more details!

The @50501oc and @ocindivisible Rally for Democracy takes place at rotating locations every Sunday except certain holidays and the last Sunday of each month, where we hold our food drive at the Really Really Free Market Anaheim.

🗓️ TUESDAY, JUN 23

Garden Grove

  • 5:00 PM - GKN Out of Garden Grove
  • 📍 11300 Stanford Ave
  • 👥 Hosted by: A number of community organizations, including PYMLAOCIE, Harbor Institute, VietRiseOC, and OC PSL
  • 📢 Focus: Join us in continuing to urge Garden Grove City Council to hold GKN Aerospace accountable for the chemical crisis their manufacturing of military components has caused Garden Grove residents. We must make our demands clear and show the city that we will not stop packing the room and voicing our demands until we see true accountability! Show up early to make comment!
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

Orange

  • 5:30-7:00PM – [Weekly] When We Unite We Win
  • 📍 Glassell & Chapman
  • 👥 Hosted by: Indivisible Orange
  • 📢 Focus: Immigrant rights
  • 🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

🗓️ WEDNESDAY, JUN 24

Mission Viejo

  • 11:00 AM–1:00 PM – [Weekly] Defend Democracy, Demand Accountability
  • 📍 La Paz Rd & Marguerite Pkwy
  • 👥 Hosted by: SouthOC4Democracy
  • 📢 Focus: Defend democracy & voting rights. Join SOC4D for a conversation with Monica V. Lazo, the California Campaigns Director at Economic Security Project California (ESCA). Her expertise spans tax credits, housing, jail reform, and anti-poverty legislation across local, state, and federal levels. She is a native Angeleno and first-generation American.
  • 🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

🗓️ THURSDAY, JUN 25

Yorba Linda

  • 12:00—2:30PM – Lap Dog VP Out of OC!
  • 📍 Nixon Library
  • 👥 Hosted by: OC Indivisible Coalition
  • 📢 Focus: JD Vance is coming to the Nixon Library to promote his book at no less than $500 per seat. Join us for a peaceful rally to tell Vice President “Hillbully” Vance that we oppose their "Make America Racist Again" authoritarian government.
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

Lake Forest

La Habra

🗓️ FRIDAY, JUN 26

Tustin

  • 📍 7:30-9:30AM: [Weekly] Banner Drop @ 17th St. & 55 Fwy (Meet at Mimi's)
  • 👥 Hosted by: Indivisible Orange
  • 📢 Focus: Immigrant rights & advocacy. Please note the location change – this event used to occur at Meats St. & 55 in Orange.
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

Orange

  • 📍 8-9:30AM: [Weekly] Rally @ East Chapman Ave. & North Tustin St.
  • 👥 Hosted by: Indivisible Orange
  • 📢 Focus: Immigrant rights & advocacy. Please note the location change – this event used to occur at Meats St. & N Tustin Ave.
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

Ladera Ranch

🗓️ SATURDAY, JUN 27

Newport Beach

Santa Ana

  • 10:30 - 12:30 PM – [Weekly] Protest Rally
  • 📍 Bristol St and MacArthur Blvd
  • 👥 Hosted by: Defenders of Democracy
  • 📢 Focus: Immigrant rights & democracy
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

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, stand up for human rights
  • 🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

🗓️ SUNDAY, JUN 28

Anaheim

  • Last Sunday of every month 12-4PM – Really Really Free Market Anaheim
  • 📍 Pearson Park (between the tennis courts)
  • 👥 Hosted by: RRFM Anaheim. Endorsed by: 50501oc & OC Indivisible
  • 📢 Focus: NOT A PROTEST. Community-focused event. 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.
  • 🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts (look for the food drive signs to drop off)

Huntington Beach

  • 1:00–2:30 PM – [Weekly] Rally at City Hall
  • 📍 Main and Yorktown
  • 👥 Hosted by: HB4Democracy, Orange Coast Huddle and 50501HB
  • 📢 Focus: Immigrant rights, voting rights & democracy
  • 🤝 Mutual Aid: Yes, bring nonperishable food and essential household basics to contribute towards community aid efforts
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

Irvine

  • 2:00–4:00 PM – [Weekly] Protest Rally
  • 📍 Irvine City Hall
  • 👥 Hosted by: Community organized. Attendance levels vary each week, but swing by to see if your neighbors are out!
  • 📢 Focus: Defend democracy

🗓️ MONDAY, JUN 29

Tustin

  • 7:30–10:00 AM – [Weekly] Moral Mondays Banner Drop
  • 📍 17th and 55 Freeway (Meet at Mimi’s)
  • 👥 Hosted by: Indivisible Orange
  • 📢 Focus: Immigrant rights & advocacy, release the Epstein files
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

Brea

Rancho Santa Margarita

  • 5:00–6:30 PM – [Weekly] Rancho Santa Margarita Stands For Human Rights
  • 📍 Avenida de las Flores & Santa Margarita Pkwy
  • 👥 Hosted by: OC Indivisible Coalition
  • 📢 Focus: Join us as we rally in support of human rights for everyone. Let's show our neighbors in Rancho Santa Margarita they're not alone.
  • 🔗 Link: Click here for more information

About the Sunday Weekly Rally for Democracy & Community Events

We host weekly actions on Sundays from 2-4pm at varying locations throughout Orange County. The schedule is as follows:

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To carry us forward in the movement using these 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.
  • AND MORE: Many more volunteer roles are available, no matter your skills or availability!
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