"I want you to share in shaping the schools," Simmons said. "Without a vote, you don't have a voice. We have to make the people on the School Committee accountable to you."
Voting rights campaign organizer Natalie Smith said she believes most Cantabrigians support the measure.
"This campaign has gone way beyond the Eviction Free Zone," Smith said.
Smith, who is an immigrant, has an eight year old daughter attending school in Cambridge.
"My School Committee vote would be for my child," she said.
Smith said she believes all parents in Cambridge should have a say in their children's education.
"We send our children to school and worry about their future," Smith said. "Yet we are excluded from the democratic process within our own community."
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