i am here tonight to support my daughter, theresa lopez. [speaking spanish]

i am here tonight to support my daughter, theresa lopez. [speaking spanish] >> i am here, my daughter is in seventh grade in kipp bayview. remember thanksgiving is coming. we will be giving thanks for not only for work and everything we have, but we want for us to be able to be thankful that you listened to the students, families and youth and we will be able to say thank you for keeping kipp academy open. [speaking spanish] >> i want to be able -- i want you to be able to say you are grateful also for the support you are giving to our school. with your vote you will be able to help others. sometimes we just focus on our families, but we have the power to help other people. you have the power to help us. (applause). [speaking spanish] >> good evening. from the eighth grade at kipp bayview academy. [speaking spanish] previously i worked for latino voice. that is a program that focuses on protecting the human rights of everybody, no matter which one is your race. [speaking spanish] >> i am here to ask you to renew our -- to let our school be