The Grateful Steps Mission
To bring voices to the community that would otherwise not be heard, such as community-based nonprofits and underserved populations, by offering free publishing services and sponsoring educational event at the Corporation’s retail and educational space.
To preserve history of Appalachia and further education about the region, by supporting and prioritizing books and educational presentations by regional historians.
To promote multicultural, interfaith and economic community development through educational programming, classes, festivals and partnerships with other nonprofits that promote racial equality, social enterprise and community healing and those that promote creative expression, especially through poetry.
As a nonprofit publishing company, we join the ranks of many highly esteemed traditional publishers, including Graywolf Press in Minnesota; Sarabande Books in Kentucky; Copper Canyon in Port Townsend, Washington; Hub City in Spartanburg, South Carolina; Eno Publishers in Hillsborough, North Carolina; and many university presses and publishers affiliated with various churches and other spirit-based institutions.
