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My superheroes were the neighborhood guys that I saw on the street every day, and the things they did let’s just say weren’t the best,” he said. Following that path led him to spend seven years in prison.


A Second Chance Through 2nd Call Fagan realized he wanted a different life for himself. After his release in 2015, he began attending classes at 2nd Call, a community-based violence reduction and reentry organization that seeks to pro- vide a second chance to those who were formerly incarcerated. It offers an array of life skills and behavior management classes and services, including pathways into union construction careers. His involvement with 2nd Call led


Fagan to join the Southwest Union of Carpenters. During his four-year ap- prenticeship he helped build the 71-story Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles and USC Village, working for two different companies. At the same time, he continued to attend classes at 2nd Call, “learning how to become a leader in the field, how to be a productive member of


society, and how to cope with everyday life challenges on a mature level.” Three-quarters of the way through


his apprenticeship, he decided to pur- sue the superintendent’s career path, becoming a superintendent in the spring of 2019 with another general contractor and then joining PCL Construction in March of 2020. Fagan credits 2nd Call for helping


him transform his life. He counts sev- eral leaders from the organization and the construction industry among his closest mentors, including “Big John” Harriel, a general superintendent with Morrow Meadows; Skipp Townsend, co-founder and 2nd Call executive di- rector; Kenny Smith, co-founder of 2nd Call and owner of Monster Trucking; and his father-in-law, Ralph Williams, senior superintendent for Swinerton Builders, to name a few.


Embracing a Career in Construction Nearly a decade after attending his first class at 2nd Call, Fagan continues to be


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“It has been the greatest experience to be able to work in a community where I was once part of the problem, and now I am part of the solution. To work on this project is everything.”


– Anthony Fagan


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