Honoring Legacy, Uplifting Futures: CEPS June Events BeginCEPS Foundation hosts June events in Kansas City honoring the Pope family's legacy.
Lisa King, the great-great- This June, CEPS will host the following events:
With Lisa King and CEPS, the family's influence stretches far. Lisa's cousin, the late Larysa Jaye, was a powerful voice in country-soul music. In June 2025, she was honored with an official proclamation from the City of Nashville, declaring December 8th as "Jaye Day." Her art and activism echoed the same strength and storytelling that defines her ancestors. That legacy also continues through C.M. James, author, publisher, and founder of C.M. Jaye Music, who also shares direct lineage with the Pope family. His work bridges literature, music, and media to uplift and expand the very legacy CEPS protects. Together, these creative branches, rooted in the same ancestral soil, form a generational force working in tandem to educate, empower, and unify. Kansas City, Kansas is more than a backdrop, it's the heart of this legacy. From Quindaro to Nashville, from emancipation to proclamation, the Pope family's story is still being written boldly, loudly, and with purpose. In honor of the enduring Pope family legacy, preserved through generations and carried forward by voices like the late Larysa Jaye and author C.M. James, whose ongoing contributions help illuminate the past while shaping the future. Visit CEPS Foundation End
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