DETROIT — The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded Detroit Public TV with a $250,000 grant that will be used to help dismantle negative stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding Arab Americans. The announcement was made last week.

The grant was given to the station in order for it expand on its 13 part series, “Arab-American Stories” which has already debuted. The new series is titled “Arab American Stories-A National Dialogue.”

 Additionally, libraries, community centers and PBS stations will partner up with the Detroit Public TV in order to organize forums that will create public dialogue on the series.

 The Arab American Institute, located in Washington D.C. plans on working with the station on the project as well. The program will display the every day life of Arab Americans in metro-Detroit. One representative from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation said story telling was an important part of “racial healing” according to a report.