During the spring of 2016, Boston Public School (BPS) students led large-scale walkouts from their schools in protest against proposed cuts to the BPS budget. Several thousand students walked-out of schools in March 2016, and hundreds walked out that May. In response to this youth-led protest, Mayor Marty Walsh rescinded some of the proposed cuts, although the majority of cuts remained. The walkout was organized and led by young people themselves with the support of key adult allies in order to defend their public schools, assert youth voice in education policy, and to hold the school district and politicians accountable to students. As a result of the walkout, a core group of youth became leaders of a broader educational justice movement in Boston, and went on to play a critical role in stopping the passage of Question 2, a ballot initiative that would have led to significant charter school expansion statewide. The purpose of this study is to explore how young people (high school students) enacted, understood, and valued their leadership in the walkout movement as well as their roles in subsequent educational justice organizing. This project represents an opportunity for the walkout leaders to "tell their stories" in this powerful historic moment, and reflect on their experiences through in-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus groups.