Founded by Ethan Freedman, AcquaintEd provides services and generates the research, policy frameworks, and ethical innovations needed to build a world where human connection, health, wellbeing, and digital literacy are recognized, protected, and advanced across governments, industries, tech platforms, schools, and health systems.
Through interdisciplinary collaboration with industries spanning social work, public health, AI, technology, and human connection domains, AcquaintEd is bridging the gap between evidence and action to create a safer, more informed, and more connected future for all.
The Foundation of AcquaintEd:
New Materials:
Governance and Accountability in AI Automated Research Processes: A Case Study on Cultural Red Teaming of LLMs for Health Education Centering Marginalized Youth A Board Analysis of SIECUS: SEX Ed for Social ChangeGoverning What Others Won’t: Board Development, the LME Specialization, and Building a Macro Social Work Praxis ProjectIdentifying Financial Strains in Non-Profits: Assessing Financial Risks of SIECUS in Comparison to the FEGS Collapse
Reading Picks:
Ethan’s Memorandum for 2026Sex Education Methodologies and the Evolution to Sexual Technologies: A Feminist and Queer Epistemology and Praxis of Holding Accountable Mediums for Sex Ed.Mapping the Ecological, Pedagogical, and Digital Influences on Adolescent Boys' Sexual Values: A Case Study of Puberty and Technology Based Sex Education MethodologiesHealth and Sex Ed. Advancements: Technology as Mediums for the FutureSex Education Methodologies and Pornography: Accountability of Adult Entertainment Companies as Sources for Sex EducationSex Work and Parasocial Relationships: The OnlyFans’ Platform as a FacilitatorA Systematic Review of the Effects of Psychedelics on Multiple Facets of IntimacyPsychedelics and Consciousness: Expanding the Conversation Necessitates Discussing Awareness Generated in Therapeutic Settings