Mission Squash presented to the Houston Independent School District Board and received a unanimous vote in favor of building the first ever US urban squash program within public school grounds. Enter a chance meeting with the former principal at Hogg Middle School, a school in the Heights area of Houston with an 81% economically disadvantaged…

Alistair Barnes founded Mission Squash as a nonprofit in late 2011. He was inspired by a visit to Street Squash, one of the oldest and largest Urban Squash programs, based out of a purpose-built, $10-million facility in Harlem New York. In 2012 “Mission Squash” began pilot operations in Houston, partnering with Gregory Lincoln Education Center,…